Projective lines as groupoids with projection structure

zbMATH Open1308.18002arXiv1310.5357MaRDI QIDQ2877680FDOQ2877680

Authors: Anders Kock 

Publication date: 25 August 2014

Published in: Theory and Applications of Categories (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The coordinate projective line over a field is seen as a groupoid with a further `projection' structure. We investigate conversely to what extent such an, abstractly given, groupoid may be coordinatized by a suitable field constructed out of the geometry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5357

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zbMATH Keywords

projective geometrygroupoidcross-ratioprojection structurebi-rapporttri-rapport

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groupoids, semigroupoids, semigroups, groups (viewed as categories) (18B40) Categorical structures (18D99) Algebraization in linear incidence geometry (51A25)

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