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  2. Vector projection - Wikipedia

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    The vector projection (also known as the vector component or vector resolution) of a vector a on (or onto) a nonzero vector b is the orthogonal projection of a onto a straight line parallel to b. The projection of a onto b is often written as proj b ⁡ a {\displaystyle \operatorname {proj} _{\mathbf {b} }\mathbf {a} } or a ∥ b .

  3. Complex lamellar vector field - Wikipedia

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    In vector calculus, a complex lamellar vector field is a vector field which is orthogonal to a family of surfaces. In the broader context of differential geometry, complex lamellar vector fields are more often called hypersurface-orthogonal vector fields. They can be characterized in a number of different ways, many of which involve the curl.

  4. Hypersurface - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a hypersurface is a generalization of the concepts of hyperplane, plane curve, and surface.A hypersurface is a manifold or an algebraic variety of dimension n − 1, which is embedded in an ambient space of dimension n, generally a Euclidean space, an affine space or a projective space. [1]

  5. Congruence (general relativity) - Wikipedia

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    for the projection tensor which projects tensors into their transverse parts; for example, the transverse part of a vector is the part orthogonal to . This tensor can be seen as the metric tensor of the hypersurface whose tangent vectors are orthogonal to X. Thus, we have shown that:

  6. Quadric (algebraic geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a quadric or quadric hypersurface is the subspace of N-dimensional space defined by a polynomial equation of degree 2 over a field. Quadrics are fundamental examples in algebraic geometry. The theory is simplified by working in projective space rather than affine space. An example is the quadric surface =

  7. Hyperplane - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a hyperplane of an n-dimensional space V is a subspace of dimension n − 1, or equivalently, of codimension 1 in V.The space V may be a Euclidean space or more generally an affine space, or a vector space or a projective space, and the notion of hyperplane varies correspondingly since the definition of subspace differs in these settings; in all cases however, any hyperplane can ...

  8. Orthogonal coordinates - Wikipedia

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    A conformal map acting on a rectangular grid. Note that the orthogonality of the curved grid is retained. While vector operations and physical laws are normally easiest to derive in Cartesian coordinates, non-Cartesian orthogonal coordinates are often used instead for the solution of various problems, especially boundary value problems, such as those arising in field theories of quantum ...

  9. Adjunction formula - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, [3] if C is a smooth curve on the quadric surface P 1 ×P 1 with bidegree (d 1,d 2) (meaning d 1,d 2 are its intersection degrees with a fiber of each projection to P 1), since the canonical class of P 1 ×P 1 has bidegree (−2,−2), the adjunction formula shows that the canonical class of C is the intersection product of divisors ...