Sheaf of planes
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In mathematics, a sheaf of planes is the set of all planes that have the same common line.[1][2] It may also be known as a pencil or fan of planes.
When extending the concept of line to the line at infinity, a set of parallel planes can be seen as a sheaf of planes intersecting in a line at infinity. To distinguish it from the more common definition the adjective parallel can be added to it, resulting in the expression: parallel sheaf of planes.[3]
See also
- Book embedding, a notion of graph embedding onto sheafs of half-planes
Notes
- ↑ Definition on Mathworld Wolfram
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Vitutor: Sheaf of Planes
