Weak Linear Mappings -- A Survey (Q4945473)

The author discusses collinearity preserving partially defined mappings \(\varphi:{\mathcal P}(U) \to {\mathcal P}(V)\) between projective spaces. A typical theorem says that \(\varphi\) is induced by an additive mapping \(f:U\to V\) of the underlying right vector spaces which satisfies \((xk)^f =x^fk^\zeta\) for some monomorphism \(\zeta\) of the ground fields (provided the image of \(\varphi\) contains a triangle). Related results on (partial) linear spaces, affine spaces, Grassmann spaces and products of projective spaces are briefly mentioned. There are 59 references. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0926.00024].