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  2. Dilation (metric space) - Wikipedia

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    In Euclidean space, such a dilation is a similarity of the space. [2] Dilations change the size but not the shape of an object or figure. Every dilation of a Euclidean space that is not a congruence has a unique fixed point [3] that is called the center of dilation. [4] Some congruences have fixed points and others do not. [5]

  3. Homothety - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a homothety (or homothecy, or homogeneous dilation) is a transformation of an affine space determined by a point S called its center and a nonzero number k called its ratio, which sends point X to a point X ′ by the rule, [1]

  4. Mathematical morphology - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical Morphology was developed in 1964 by the collaborative work of Georges Matheron and Jean Serra, at the École des Mines de Paris, France.Matheron supervised the PhD thesis of Serra, devoted to the quantification of mineral characteristics from thin cross sections, and this work resulted in a novel practical approach, as well as theoretical advancements in integral geometry and ...

  5. Dilation - Wikipedia

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    Dilation (operator theory), a dilation of an operator on a Hilbert space; Dilation (morphology), an operation in mathematical morphology; Scaling (geometry), including: Homogeneous dilation , the scalar multiplication operator on a vector space or affine space; Inhomogeneous dilation, where scale factors may differ in different directions

  6. Boyle's law - Wikipedia

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    Boyle's law demonstrations. The law itself can be stated as follows: For a fixed mass of an ideal gas kept at a fixed temperature, pressure and volume are inversely proportional. [2] Boyle's law is a gas law, stating that the pressure and volume of a gas have an inverse relationship. If volume increases, then pressure decreases and vice versa ...

  7. Scale invariance - Wikipedia

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    The technical term for this transformation is a dilatation (also known as dilation). Dilatations can form part of a larger conformal symmetry . In mathematics, scale invariance usually refers to an invariance of individual functions or curves .

  8. Dilation (operator theory) - Wikipedia

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    In operator theory, a dilation of an operator T on a Hilbert space H is an operator on a larger Hilbert space K, whose restriction to H composed with the orthogonal projection onto H is T. More formally, let T be a bounded operator on some Hilbert space H , and H be a subspace of a larger Hilbert space H' .

  9. Conformal geometry - Wikipedia

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    Möbius geometry is the study of "Euclidean space with a point added at infinity", or a "Minkowski (or pseudo-Euclidean) space with a null cone added at infinity".That is, the setting is a compactification of a familiar space; the geometry is concerned with the implications of preserving angles.