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Hypersurfaces Fixed by Equiaffinities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. C. Fisher
J. C. Fisher*
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan
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In this note we state and prove the following

Any equiaffinity acting on the points of an n-dimensional vector space (n ≥2) leaves invariant the members of a one parameter family of hypersurfaces defined by polynomials p(xl…,xn)=c of degree m ≤n.

The theorem, restricted to the real plane, appears to have been discovered almost simultaneously by Coxeter [4] and Komissaruk [5]. The former paper presents an elegant geometric argument, showing that the result follows from the converse of Pascal's theorem. The present approach is more closely related to that of [5], in which the transformations are reduced to a canonical form.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1973 , pp. 129 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

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