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pseudoreflections

pseudoreflections is the plural of pseudoreflection.

Meaning of pseudoreflection

Noun

pseudoreflection (plural pseudoreflections)

  1. An invertible linear transformation of a finite-dimensional vector space such that it is not the identity transformation, has a finite (multiplicative) order, and fixes a hyperplane.
    • That is, t′x+y=0 is the pseudo-reflection of tx+y=0 if the ideal points (ρ′,1,0),(ρ,1,0) on the lines are a pair in the involution ρρ′=-h.1967, A Background (natural, Synthetic and Algebraic) to Geometry, CUP Archive, page 293

Questions about pseudoreflections

What is pseudoreflections the plural of?
Pseudoreflections is the plural of pseudoreflection.

Words near pseudoreflections in the dictionary

  1. pseudoreductions
  2. pseudoreference
  3. pseudoreferendum
  4. pseudoreferendums
  5. pseudoreflection
  6. pseudoreflections
  7. pseudoreflexive
  8. pseudoreform
  9. pseudoreforms
  10. pseudorelational
  11. pseudorelativistic

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