Projective Geometry
Vanishing points and homogeneous coordinates, the projective plane built from lines through the origin, and duality with Desargues' theorem.
6 exercises
Exercise 1
What is the equation of this point?
Exercise 2
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Find the line incident on these points in the projective plane.
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Find the point incident on both of these projective lines.
Exercise 3
Find the formula for the line incident on two projective points. Find the formula for the point incident on two projective lines.
Exercise 4
Prove that the definition of incidence is independent of the choice of the representatives of and . That is, if , , , and , , are two triples of homogeneous coordinates for , and , , , and , , are two triples of homogeneous coordinates for , prove that if and only if .
Exercise 5
Give a drawing to show that central projection does not preserve circles, that a circle may project to an ellipse. Can a (non-circular) ellipse project to a circle?
Exercise 6
Give the formula for the correspondence between the non-equatorial part of the antipodal modal of the projective plane, and the plane .
Adapted from Linear Algebra © 2016 Jim Hefferon. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Source: Linear Algebra. Imported at revision df2262e.