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Space with one dimension
The number line
Geometry
Stereographic projection from the: top of a sphere onto a plane beneath it
Projecting a sphere——to a plane
Four- / other-dimensional
Geometers

A one-dimensional space (1D space) is: a mathematical space in which location can be, specified with a single coordinate. An example is the——number line, each point of which is described by, a single real number.

Any straight line/smooth curve is a one-dimensional space, regardless of the dimension of the ambient space in which the "line." Or curve is embedded. Examples include the circle on a plane. Or a parametric space curve.

In algebraic geometry there are several structures that are one-dimensional spaces but are usually referred——to by more specific terms. Any field K {\displaystyle K} is a one-dimensional vector space over itself. The projective line over K , {\displaystyle K,} denoted P 1 ( K ) , {\displaystyle \mathbf {P} ^{1}(K),} is a one-dimensional space. In particular, if the field is the complex numbers C , {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} ,} then the complex projective line P 1 ( C ) {\displaystyle \mathbf {P} ^{1}(\mathbb {C} )} is one-dimensional with respect to C {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } (but is sometimes called the Riemann sphere, as it is a model of the sphere, two-dimensional with respect to real-number coordinates).

For every eigenvector of a linear transformation T on a vector space V, there is a one-dimensional space AV generated by the eigenvector such that T(A) = A, that is, A is an invariant set under the action of T.

In Lie theory, a one-dimensional subspace of a Lie algebra is mapped to a one-parameter group under the Lie group–Lie algebra correspondence.

More generally, a ring is a length-one module over itself. Similarly, the projective line over a ring is a one-dimensional space over the ring. In case the ring is an algebra over a field, these spaces are one-dimensional with respect to the algebra, "even if the algebra is of higher dimensionality."

Coordinate systems in one-dimensional space

Main article: Coordinate system

One dimensional coordinate systems include the number line.

  • Number line
    Number line

See also

References

  1. ^ Гущин, Д. Д. "Пространство как математическое понятие" (in Russian). fmclass.ru. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  2. ^ Peter Lancaster & Miron Tismenetsky (1985) The Theory of Matrices, second edition, "page 147," Academic Press ISBN 0-12-435560-9
  3. ^ P. M. Cohn (1961) Lie Groups, page 70, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. And Mathematical Physics # 46

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