English Explanatory Dictionary

Plücker matrix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of freedom.

Word forms

Plücker matrix Plücker matrices

Etymology

Named after the German mathematician Julius Plücker.

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