real projective plane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A three-dimensional vector space over the field of real numbers in which one-dimensional linear subspaces are considered as “points” and two-dimensional linear subspaces are considered as “lines”. Equivalently, a sphere in which pairs of antipodal points are considered as “points” and great circles are considered as “lines”.

Word forms

real projective plane real projective planes
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