projective plane
<mathematics> The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero
scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form
{kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector}
where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence
class.
The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional
subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of
smoothness on the projective plane.
A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but
isn't) better described as a "projective space".
(1996-09-28)
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