projective plane

noun

projective plane

noun
1

Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A plane in which any pair of distinct points determine a line and any pair of distinct lines intersect at a point.

  • Generally, a projective plane of "order" N has N²#43;N#43;1 points, and the same number of lines.2004, David S. Dummit with Richard M. Foote, chapter 6, in Abstract Algebra, →ISBN, page 210:
Hypernyms
projective space
Hyponyms
Fano plane, real projective plane

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