Etymology

Möbius group

Today it means: The projective general linear group mathbf PGL(2,ℂ): the group of Möbius transformations on the Riemann sphere. Full definition →

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Eponymous for August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.

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