Ray (mathematics) in the context of Affine geometry

Ray (mathematics) in the context of Affine geometry

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⭐ Core Definition: Ray (mathematics)

In geometry, a straight line, usually abbreviated line, is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature. It is a special case of a curve and an idealization of such physical objects as a straightedge, a taut string, or a ray of light. Lines are spaces of dimension one, which may be embedded in spaces of dimension two, three, or higher. The word line may also refer, in everyday life, to a line segment, which is a part of a line delimited by two points (its endpoints).

Euclid's Elements defines a straight line as a "breadthless length" that "lies evenly with respect to the points on itself", and introduced several postulates as basic unprovable properties on which the rest of geometry was established. Euclidean line and Euclidean geometry are terms introduced to avoid confusion with generalizations introduced since the end of the 19th century, such as non-Euclidean, projective, and affine geometry.

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Ray (mathematics) in the context of Half-space (geometry)

In geometry, a half-space is either of the two parts into which a plane divides the three-dimensional Euclidean space. If the space is two-dimensional, then a half-space is called a half-plane (open or closed). A half-space in a one-dimensional space is called a half-line or ray.

More generally, a half-space is either of the two parts into which a hyperplane divides an n-dimensional space. That is, the points that are not incident to the hyperplane are partitioned into two convex sets (i.e., half-spaces), such that any subspace connecting a point in one set to a point in the other must intersect the hyperplane.

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Origin (mathematics) → Cartesian coordinate system → Geometry → Curvature → Curve → Straightedge → Ray (optics) → Space (mathematics) → One dimensional → Embedding → Dimension → Line segment → Point (geometry) → Euclid's Elements → Postulate → Euclidean geometry → Non-Euclidean geometry → Projective geometry → Affine geometry →