Re: complex projective geometry question

From: Stephen Blake (stebla_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/15/05 

Date: 15 Mar 2005 18:45:00 -0500

Andrew Scott <ascott@panda3.phys.unm.edu> wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.44.0503132311020.16112-100000@panda3.phys.unm.edu>...
> Alternatively, we want 2n points in CP^{n-1} so that almost all other
> points in CP^{n-1} are uniquely determined by their projective distances
> with respect to the 2n points.

In my understanding, only n reference points are needed to fix a general
point in CP^{n-1}, but I don't know what you mean by projective distance, so
perhaps that is what I'm missing.

Stephen Blake
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stebla