Meanings
plural Möbius transformations · alternative Mobius transformation · alternative Moebius transformation
- complex analysisA transformation of the extended complex plane that is a rational function of the form f(z) = (az + b) / (cz + d), where a, b, c, d are complex numbers such that ad − bc ≠ 0; an automorphism of the complex projective line.
Classical Kleinian groups are discrete subgroups of Möbius transformations which act on the Riemann sphere with a nonempty region of discontinuity.
2013, Angel Cano, Juan Pablo Navarrete, Seade Kuri José Antonio, Complex Kleinian Groups, page 12 more examples
2008, J. Vernon Armitage, John Parker, Jørgensen's inequality for Non-Archimedean Metric Spaces, Mikhail Kapranov, Sergii Kolyada, Yu. I. Manin, Pieter Moree, Leonid Potyagailo (editors), Geometry and Dynamics of Groups and Spaces: In Memory of Alexander Reznikov, page 97, Jørgensen's inequality gives a necessary condition for a non-elementary group of Möbius transformations to be discrete.
2012, Martin Delacourt, Petr Kůrka, Finite State Transducers of Modular Möbius Number Systems, Branislav Rovan, Vladimiro Sassone, Peter Widmayer (editors), Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2012, 37th International Symposium, MFCS 2012, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 7464, page 323, Modular Möbius number systems consist of Möbius transformations with integer coefficients and unit determinant.
Origin
Named for German mathematician and theoretical astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Möbius-transformatie
- Möbius-transformatietransformation of the complex plane
French transformation de Möbius
- transformation de Möbiustransformation of the complex plane
German Möbiustransformation
- Möbiustransformationtransformation of the complex plane
Italian trasformazione di Möbius
- trasformazione di Möbiustransformation of the complex plane
Polish funkcja homograficzna
- funkcja homograficznatransformation of the complex plane
Portuguese transformação de Möbius
- transformação de Möbiustransformation of the complex plane
Spanish transformación de Möbius
- transformación de Möbiustransformation of the complex plane
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