By H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck (auth.)
Along with many small advancements, this revised version comprises van Yzeren's new facts of Pascal's theorem (§1.7) and, in bankruptcy 2, a stronger remedy of order and experience. The Sylvester-Gallai theorem, rather than being brought as a interest, is now used as an important step within the idea of harmonic separation (§3.34). This makes the logi cal improvement self-contained: the footnotes related to the References (pp. 214-216) are for comparability with previous remedies, and to provide credits the place it truly is due, to not fill gaps within the argument. H.S.M.C. November 1992 v Preface to the second one variation Why may still one examine the true airplane? To this query, positioned by means of those that recommend the complicated airplane, or geometry over a common box, i might answer that the true airplane is a straightforward first step. many of the prop erties are heavily analogous, and the true box has the benefit of intuitive accessibility. furthermore, genuine geometry is precisely what's wanted for the projective method of non· Euclidean geometry. rather than introducing the affine and Euclidean metrics as in Chapters eight and nine, shall we simply in addition take the locus of 'points at infinity' to be a conic, or exchange absolutely the involution through an absolute polarity.
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4·lA 4'2 The fundamental theorem of projective geometry. The following theorem derives its name from the fact that it opens the way to the most characteristic developments of our subject. Its strength will be seen in the ease with which the remaining theorems of this chapter can be proved. Moreover, it enables us to construct any given projectivity as a product of perspectivities, thus reconciling the treatments of Poncelet and von Staudt. 4'21 The fundamental theorem. * Proof' Suppose we are given three points A, B, C of one range and corresponding points A', B', C' of the other.
For, two invariant points (such as the M and N of Fig. 3'5A) would determine a segment whose sense is preserved. 3'6 Invariant points. We are now ready to prove the following: Every opposite correspondence has exactly two invariant points. Proof: Since the identity is direct, any opposite correspondence admits a point A that is not invariant. Suppose the correspondence relates A to A' and A' to AU. Choose a point C such that AA' I IAuC (or, if AU coincides with A, take any new point C). Then the given opposite correspondence relates AA'IC to the interior interval A' AU IC, as in 3'61 * We use the interval, rather than the segment ABle, to cover the possibility of B' coinciding with B, in which case M might also coincide with B.
CHAPTER 3 Order and Continuity The order of arrangement of lines in a pencil, like that of points on a circle, is cyclic; we cannot say of three that one is between the other two, but we can say of four that two separate the other two. The correspondence between a pencil and its section enables us to carryover this cyclic order from pencils to ranges. If A and B separate C and D, we write ABIICD. ) The basic properties of separation may be stated in the form of six axioms, as in § 3·1. These are not quite sufficient for a complete characterization of the real projective line.