Möbius group
Etymology
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Etymology
Eponymous for August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.
NounMöbius group (plural Möbius groups)
- (group theory) The projective general linear group \mathbf{PGL}(2,\mathbb{C}): the group of Möbius transformations on the Riemann sphere.
- (group theory) For a given dimension n, the group of projective transformations leaving a particular hypersphere invariant.
- Spanish: grupo de Möbius
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