projective geometry

English

Noun

projective geometry (uncountable)

1. (mathematics) The branch of mathematics that investigates those properties of figures that are invariant under homographies, special kinds of spaces called projective spaces, and the geometric structures that inhabit them.

Translations

branch of mathematics

• Finnish: projektiivinen geometria
• French: géométrie projective f
• Italian: geometria proiettiva f
• Japanese: 射影幾何学 (しゃえいきかがく, shaei kikagaku)
• Macedonian: проекти́вна геоме́трија f (proektívna geométrija)
• Polish: geometria rzutowa f
• Russian: проекти́вная геоме́трия f (projektívnaja geométrija)
• Serbo-Croatian: projektivna geometrija f

See also

• algebraic geometry
• analytic geometry
• differential geometry
• projective plane