Möbius transformations

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:actsOn gptkb:Riemann_sphere
extended complex plane
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs linear fractional transformations
gptkbp:application gptkb:geometry
gptkb:hyperbolic_geometry
dynamical systems
mathematical physics
conformal mapping
complex dynamics
gptkbp:class elliptic
hyperbolic
parabolic
loxodromic
gptkbp:condition ad - bc ≠ 0
gptkbp:field complex analysis
gptkbp:fixes at most two points
gptkbp:form (az + b)/(cz + d)
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase translator
dilation
rotation
inversion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Möbius transformations
gptkbp:inverseForm (dz - b)/(-cz + a)
gptkbp:invertible yes
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:August_Ferdinand_Möbius
gptkbp:parameter a, b, c, d complex numbers
gptkbp:preserves angles
circles
lines
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:projective_linear_group_PGL(2,_C)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:geometry
gptkb:SL(2,_C)
fractional linear transformation
automorphism of the Riemann sphere
gptkbp:type conformal map
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:Teichmüller_theory
gptkb:data_visualization
gptkb:stereographic_projection
modular forms
function theory
Kleinian groups
complex projective geometry
mapping of circles and lines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Modular_group
gptkb:Poincaré_metric
gptkb:conformal_geometry
gptkb:conformal_transformation
gptkb:Riemann_sphere
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6