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affine geometry

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Noun1.affine geometry - the geometry of affine transformationsaffine geometry - the geometry of affine transformations
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
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Ordinary Euclidean geometry is an example of an infinite Affine geometry since the two axioms are valid in the plane.
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So Euclidian geometry leads to projective and affine geometry, illuminated by Felix Klein's concept of the role of symmetry in geometry; and Cartesian coordinates leads to algebraic varieties.
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