projective plane
projective plane
[prə′jek·tiv ′plān]Projective Plane
in its original meaning, the Euclidean plane with the addition of the points and line at infinity. From the topological standpoint, the projective plane is a closed, non-orientable surface with Euler characteristic 1.
projective plane
(mathematics)kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector
where O is the origin. v is a representative member of thisequivalence class.
The projective plane of a vector space is the collection ofits 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vectorspace induce a topology and notions of smoothness on theprojective plane.
A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and wouldtherefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projectivespace".