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.
© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26