Plücker matrix

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Etymology[edit]

Named after the German mathematician Julius Plücker.

Noun[edit]

Plücker matrix (plural Plücker matrices)

  1. (mathematics) A special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of freedom.