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  2. Translation (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In Euclidean geometry, a translation is a geometric transformation that moves every point of a figure, shape or space by the same distance in a given direction. A translation can also be interpreted as the addition of a constant vector to every point, or as shifting the origin of the coordinate system. In a Euclidean space, any translation is ...

  3. Rigid transformation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a rigid transformation (also called Euclidean transformation or Euclidean isometry) is a geometric transformation of a Euclidean space that preserves the Euclidean distance between every pair of points. [1] [self-published source] [2] [3] The rigid transformations include rotations, translations, reflections, or any sequence of ...

  4. Isometry - Wikipedia

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    Translation T is a direct isometry: a rigid motion. [1] In mathematics, an isometry (or congruence, or congruent transformation) is a distance-preserving transformation between metric spaces, usually assumed to be bijective. [a] The word isometry is derived from the Ancient Greek: ἴσος isos meaning "equal", and μέτρον metron meaning ...

  5. Glide reflection - Wikipedia

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    Combining two equal glide plane operations gives a pure translation with a translation vector that is twice that of the glide reflection, so the even powers of the glide reflection form a translation group. In the case of glide-reflection symmetry, the symmetry group of an object contains a glide reflection and the group generated by it. For ...

  6. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    Depending on authors, the term "maps" or the term "functions" may be reserved for specific kinds of functions or morphisms (e.g., function as an analytic term and map as a general term). mathematics See mathematics. multivalued A "multivalued function” from a set A to a set B is a function from A to the subsets of B.

  7. Translation surface - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics a translation surface is a surface obtained from identifying the sides of a polygon in the Euclidean plane by translations. An equivalent definition is a Riemann surface together with a holomorphic 1-form. These surfaces arise in dynamical systems where they can be used to model billiards, and in Teichmüller theory.

  8. Translation of axes - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a translation of axes in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x'y'-Cartesian coordinate system in which the x' axis is parallel to the x axis and k units away, and the y' axis is parallel to the y axis and h units away.

  9. Convolution - Wikipedia

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    It is known, for instance, that every continuous translation invariant continuous linear operator on L 1 is the convolution with a finite Borel measure. More generally, every continuous translation invariant continuous linear operator on L p for 1 ≤ p < ∞ is the convolution with a tempered distribution whose Fourier transform is bounded.