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Reflection-Like Maps in High-Dimensional Euclidean Space

Zhiyong Huang, Baokui Li

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In this paper, we introduce reflection-like maps in n-dimensional Euclidean spaces, which are affinely conjugated to θ : ( x 1 , x 2 , … , x n ) → 1 x 1 , x 2 x 1 , … , x n x 1 . We shall prove that reflection-like maps are line-to-line, cross ratios preserving on lines and quadrics preserving. The goal of this article was to consider the rigidity of line-to-line maps on the local domain of R n by using reflection-like maps. We mainly prove that a line-to-line map η on any convex domain satisfying η ∘ 2 = i d and fixing any points in a super-plane is a reflection or a reflection-like map. By considering the hyperbolic isometry in the Klein Model, we also prove that any line-to-line bijection f : D n ↦ D n is either an orthogonal transformation, or a composition of an orthogonal transformation and a reflection-like map, from which we can find that reflection-like maps are important elements and instruments to consider the rigidity of line-to-line maps.

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In this paper, we introduce reflection-like maps in n-dimensional Euclidean spaces, which are affinely conjugated to θ : ( x 1 , x 2 , … , x n ) → 1 x 1 , x 2 x 1 , … , x n x 1 . We shall prove that reflection-like maps are line-to-line, cross ratios preserving on lines and quadrics preserving. The goal of this article was to consider the rigidity of line-to-line maps on the local domain of R n by using reflection-like maps. We mainly prove that a line-to-line map η on any convex domain satisfying η ∘ 2 = i d and fixing any points in a super-plane is a reflection or a reflection-like map. By considering the hyperbolic isometry in the Klein Model, we also prove that any line-to-line bijection f : D n ↦ D n is either an orthogonal transformation, or a composition of an orthogonal transformation and a reflection-like map, from which we can find that reflection-like maps are important elements and instruments to consider the rigidity of line-to-line maps.

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In this paper, we introduce reflection-like maps in n-dimensional Euclidean spaces, which are affinely conjugated to θ : ( x 1 , x 2 , … , x n ) → 1 x 1 , x 2 x 1 , … , x n x 1 . We shall prove that reflection-like maps are line-to-line, cross ratios preserving on lines and quadrics preserving. The goal of this article was to consider the rigidity of line-to-line maps on the local domain of R n by using reflection-like maps. We mainly prove that a line-to-line map η on any convex domain satisfying η ∘ 2 = i d and fixing any points in a super-plane is a reflection or a reflection-like map. By considering the hyperbolic isometry in the Klein Model, we also prove that any line-to-line bijection f : D n ↦ D n is either an orthogonal transformation, or a composition of an orthogonal transformation and a reflection-like map, from which we can find that reflection-like maps are important elements and instruments to consider the rigidity of line-to-line maps.

Key concepts: Reflection (computer programming), Line (geometry), Mathematics, Regular polygon, Euclidean geometry, Rigidity (electromagnetism), Bijection, Euclidean space

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