Projective range

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In mathematics, a projective range is a set of points in projective geometry considered in a unified fashion. A projective range may be a projective line or a conic. A projective range is the dual of a pencil of lines on a given point. For instance, a correlation interchanges the points of a projective range with the lines of a pencil. A projectivity is said to act from one range to another, though the two ranges may coincide as sets.

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A projective range expresses projective invariance of the relation of projective harmonic conjugates. Indeed, three points on a projective line determine a fourth by this relation. Application of a projectivity to this quadruple results in four points likewise in the harmonic relation. Such a quadruple of points is termed a harmonic range. In 1940 Julian Coolidge described this structure and identified its originator:^[1]

In projective geometry, the harmonic conjugate point of an ordered triple of points on the real projective line is defined by the following construction:

Julian Lowell Coolidge was an American mathematician, historian and a professor and chairman of the Harvard University Mathematics Department.

Two fundamental one-dimensional forms such as point ranges, pencils of lines, or of planes are defined as projective, when their members are in one-to-one correspondence, and a harmonic set of one ... corresponds to a harmonic set of the other. ... If two one-dimensional forms are connected by a train of projections and intersections, harmonic elements will correspond to harmonic elements, and they are projective in the sense of Von Staudt.

Conic ranges

When a conic is chosen for a projective range, and a particular point E on the conic is selected as origin, then addition of points may be defined as follows:^[2]

Let A and B be in the range (conic) and AB the line connecting them. Let L be the line through E and parallel to AB. The "sum of points A and B", A + B, is the intersection of L with the range.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

↑ J. L. Coolidge (1940) A History of Geometrical Methods, page 98, Oxford University Press (Dover Publications 2003)
↑ Viktor Prasolov & Yuri Solovyev (1997) Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Integrals, page one, Translations of Mathematical Monographs volume 170, American Mathematical Society

H. S. M. Coxeter (1955) The Real Projective Plane, University of Toronto Press, p 20 for line, p 101 for conic.

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[1] J. L. Coolidge (1940) A History of Geometrical Methods, page 98, Oxford University Press (Dover Publications 2003)

[2] Viktor Prasolov & Yuri Solovyev (1997) Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Integrals, page one, Translations of Mathematical Monographs volume 170, American Mathematical Society