Euclidean Plane
(as in 444) |
Inversive Plane
(I-plane) |
One kind of zero-dimensional object
Two kinds of 1-dimensional objects
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One kind of zero-dimensional object
- I-points: any E-point or also Inf = Infinity
One kind of 1-dimensional object
- I-circle: any E-circle or any E-line, with the understanding that
Inf is considered a point on the line.
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Two kinds of "reflection"
- Line reflection in a line m.
- Inversion in a circle m.
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One kind of "reflection"
- Inversion in an I-circle m (which is E-reflection if m is an E-line
and is E-inversion if m is an E-circle)
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Theorems about "reflection images"
- If m is an E-line and d is an E-line, then the reflection of d in
m is an E-line.
- If m is an E-line and d is an E-circle, then the reflection of d in
m is an E-circle.
- If m is an E-circle and d is an E-line through the center of m, then
the reflection of d in m is an E-line.
- If m is an E-circle and d is an E-line not through the center of m,
then the reflection of d in m is an E- circle.
- If m is an E-circle and d is an E-circle through the center of m,
then the reflection of d in m is an E-line.
- If m is an E-circle and d is an E-circle not through the center of
m, then the reflection of d in m is an E- circle.
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Theorems about "reflection images"
- If m is an I-circle and d is an I-circle, then the inversion of d
in m is an I-circle.
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Angle invariance and orthogonality
- If m is an E-circle or E-line and d and e are E-circles and/or lines,
then the angle(s) between d and e are the same as the angle(s) between
the images of d and e by inversion or reflection in m.
- In particular, two orthogonal I-circles reflect or invert to two orthogonal
I-circles.
- If m is an E-line and d is an E-line, then the reflection of d in
m is the same as d itself, if either d = m or d is orthogonal (perpendicular)
to m.
- If m is an E-line and d is an E-circle, then the inversion of d in
m is the same as d itself, if d is orthogonal to m (i.e., m is a diameter
of d).
- If m is an E-circle and d is an E-circle, then the inversion of d
in m is the same as d itself, if either d = m or d is orthogonal to
m.
- If m is an E-circle and d is an E-line, then the inversion of d in
m is the same as d itself, if d is orthogonal to m (i.e, d is a diameter
of m).
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Angle invariance and orthogonality
- If m is an I-circle and d and e are I-circles, then the angle(s) between
d and e are the same as the angle(s) between the images of d and e by
inversion in m.
- In particular, two orthogonal I-circles invert to two orthogonal I-circles.
- If m is an I-circle and d is an I-circle, then the inversion of d
in m is the same as d itself, if either d = m or d is orthogonal to
m.
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