The equation
represents an -D Hypersphere as a quadratic hypersurface in an -D real projective space
, where are homogeneous coordinates in . Then the Group of projective
transformations which leave invariant is called the Möbius group.
References
Iyanaga, S. and Kawada, Y. (Eds.). ``Möbius Geometry.'' §78A in
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 265-266, 1980.
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1999-05-26