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Definition of Affine geometry
1. Noun. The geometry of affine transformations.
Definition of Affine geometry
1. Noun. (geometry) The branch of geometry dealing with affine transformations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affine Geometry
Literary usage of Affine geometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"affine geometry. DEFINITION. Let TT, be an arbitrary but fixed plane of a projective
space S. The set of points of S not on TT, is called a Euclidean space ..."
2. Theoretical Kinematics by Oene Bottema, Bernard Roth (1990)
"affine geometry is less specialized and therefore less rich in concepts than ...
affine geometry admits parallel lines, and also the ratio of distances on ..."
3. Geometry of Riemannian Spaces by Élie ( Cartan (1983)
"GENERALIZED affine geometry Suppose the structure equations take the following
... “generalized affine geometry”. The coefficients on the third term on the ..."
4. Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Felix Klein, Robert Hermann (1979)
"The first edition, concerning only affine geometry, appeared in 1844; the second
edition (1861) contains the same theory but in a completely different ..."
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