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point at infinity
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point at infinity [′pȯint at in′fin·əd·ē]
(mathematics)
A single point that is adjoined to the complex plane so that it corresponds to the pole of a stereographic projection of the Riemann sphere onto the complex plane, giving the complex plane a compact topology.


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