Transformation geometry and the Erlangen programme
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What kind of isometry is ?
Which of these isometries of the plane move every point? (Choose all that apply.)
Two mirror lines cross at the point at an angle of . What is the composite of the two reflections?
The points have cross-ratio . The projective map sends them to . What is the cross-ratio ?
Four equally spaced fence posts stand along a straight road. In a photograph, measured along the image of the road, the first three appear at , and mm. At how many millimetres does the fourth appear? (Use the cross-ratio: equally spaced points have .)
Which property is preserved by every affine map of the plane?
Claim: an isometry of the plane is determined by the images of two distinct points and . The claim is false. Which counterexample shows it?
Which Lean statement correctly formalises the glide reflection (with real and non-zero) has no fixed point?
An isometry is stored as (a, b, opposite) meaning (if opposite is False) or (if True), with . Write classify(a, b, opposite) returning 'identity', 'translation', 'rotation', 'reflection' or 'glide', using the criteria from the proof. The tests use Gaussian integers, so exact comparisons with == are safe.