Definition:Projective Geometry
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Definition
Projective geometry is the field of geometry concerned with properties which are invariant under projective transformations.
Also see
- Results about projective geometry can be found here.
Historical Note
The study of projective geometry was pioneered in $1639$ by Girard Desargues.
It was neglected at the time, but grew to considerable importance in the $19$th century, mainly as the result of work by Jean-Victor Poncelet.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{V}$: "Greatness and Misery of Man"
- 1952: T. Ewan Faulkner: Projective Geometry (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Introduction: The Propositions of Incidence: $1.1$: Historical Note
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): geometry
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): geometry
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): projective geometry