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GENERALIZATIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY.

Authors :
McCallum, Rupert
Source :
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society. Oct2009, Vol. 80 Issue 2, p350-352. 3p.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

The article presents a thesis discussing the fundamental theorem of projective geometry, which states that a semilinear transformation induces every line-preserving bijection of a Desaguersian projective plane. It is stated that the theorem extends to higher-dimensional projective spaces, affine transformations and even to buildings, which are combinatorial constructions. It considers the spaces' bijections preserving their geometry such as the transformations of quasi-spheres and proves local versions of theorems on arbitrary nondiscrete fields. Details on the parts of the thesis, which include a review of the theorem, nondiscrete topological fields and hypotheses involving measurable sets, are presented.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00049727
Volume :
80
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
45386235
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0004972709000689