complex projective lines

A form of complex projective line — A complex line (especially, the set of complex numbers regarded as such) endowed with a point at infinity (thus becoming a projective line); (more formally) the set of equivalence classes of ordered pairs (α, β) of complex numbers, not both zero, with respect to the equivalence relation "(α, β) ≡ (λα, λβ) for all nonzero complex λ".

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noun
  1. pluralplural of complex projective line
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