Category:Definitions/Harmonic Ranges

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Let $A$ and $B$ be points on a straight line.

Let $P$ and $Q$ lie on $AB$ such that $P$ is on the line segment $AB$ while $Q$ is outside the line segment $AB$.


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Let $P$ and $Q$ be positioned such that the cross-ratio $\set {A, B; P, Q}$ forms a harmonic ratio:

$\dfrac {AP} {PB} = -\dfrac {AQ} {QB}$


Then $\tuple {AB, PQ}$ are said to be a harmonic range.