"complex projective line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: complex projective lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=complex projective line}} complex projective line (plural complex projective lines)
  1. (analytic geometry, projective geometry) A complex line (especially, the set of complex numbers regarded as such) endowed with a point at infinity (thus becoming a projective line); (more formally) the set of equivalence classes of ordered pairs (α, β) of complex numbers, not both zero, with respect to the equivalence relation "(α, β) ≡ (λα, λβ) for all nonzero complex λ". Wikipedia link: complex projective line Tags: analytic Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms (complex numbers plus point at infinity): extended complex numbers, Riemann sphere Related terms: complex projective plane, complex projective space, projective coordinates (english: = homogeneous coordinates), projective line, real projective line
    Sense id: en-complex_projective_line-en-noun-JPJHkK7j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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