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to extend the arithmetic on K to P¹(K) by the formulas
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Translating this arithmetic in terms of homogeneous coordinates gives, when {{bracket}} does not occur:
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Examples

Real projective line

The projective line over the real numbers is called the real projective line. It may also be thought of as the line K together with an idealised point at infinity ?; the

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