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Geometry II: Modern Geometric Transformations

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This lecture covers the introduction to modern geometry, focusing on geometric transformations and their invariances. It explores various types of geometries defined by transformations, from isometries to projective geometry. The lecture delves into the concept of projective geometry, discussing the transformations that maintain the properties of objects. It also touches on the historical development of geometric projections, from the rule and compass constructions to the introduction of projective geometry by Desargues in 1639. The lecture emphasizes the fundamental concepts of geometry, such as the projection of points and lines, and the significance of different types of geometric transformations.

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Instructor

Bernard Cache

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Ontological neighbourhood

Mathematics

Geometry: Euclidean geometry

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Algebraic geometry

Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which classically studies zeros of multivariate polynomials. Modern algebraic geometry is based on the use of abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, for solving geometrical problems about these sets of zeros. The fundamental objects of study in algebraic geometry are algebraic varieties, which are geometric manifestations of solutions of systems of polynomial equations.

Duality (projective geometry)

In geometry, a striking feature of projective planes is the symmetry of the roles played by points and lines in the definitions and theorems, and (plane) duality is the formalization of this concept. There are two approaches to the subject of duality, one through language () and the other a more functional approach through special mappings. These are completely equivalent and either treatment has as its starting point the axiomatic version of the geometries under consideration.

Correlation (projective geometry)

In projective geometry, a correlation is a transformation of a d-dimensional projective space that maps subspaces of dimension k to subspaces of dimension d − k − 1, reversing inclusion and preserving incidence. Correlations are also called reciprocities or reciprocal transformations. In the real projective plane, points and lines are dual to each other. As expressed by Coxeter, A correlation is a point-to-line and a line-to-point transformation that preserves the relation of incidence in accordance with the principle of duality.

Synthetic geometry

Synthetic geometry (sometimes referred to as axiomatic geometry or even pure geometry) is geometry without the use of coordinates. It relies on the axiomatic method for proving all results from a few basic properties initially called postulate, and at present called axioms. The term "synthetic geometry" has been coined only after the 17th century, and the introduction by René Descartes of the coordinate method, which was called analytic geometry.

Elliptic geometry

Elliptic geometry is an example of a geometry in which Euclid's parallel postulate does not hold. Instead, as in spherical geometry, there are no parallel lines since any two lines must intersect. However, unlike in spherical geometry, two lines are usually assumed to intersect at a single point (rather than two). Because of this, the elliptic geometry described in this article is sometimes referred to as single elliptic geometry whereas spherical geometry is sometimes referred to as double elliptic geometry.

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