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Plücker matrix

Plücker matrix noun: a special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of freedom.

Noun

Plücker matrix (plural Plücker matrices)

  1. A special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of freedom.

Forms of Plücker matrix

pluralPlücker matrices

Origin of Plücker matrix

Named after the German mathematician Julius Plücker.

Questions about Plücker matrix

What does Plücker matrix mean?
Plücker matrix means a special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of freedom.
What part of speech is Plücker matrix?
Plücker matrix is a noun.
What is the plural of Plücker matrix?
The plural of Plücker matrix is Plücker matrices.

Words near Plücker matrix in the dictionary

  1. Plücker coordinate
  2. Plücker coordinates
  3. Plücker embedding
  4. Plücker embeddings
  5. Plücker matrices
  6. Plücker matrix
  7. Plücker relation
  8. Plücker relations
  9. Plücker tube
  10. Plücker tubes
  11. Plăieșii de Jos

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