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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 56 1 b Solution by
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Let denote the th coordinate point. The plane through the given line and has covectorIndeed, the lower-index Plücker coordinates annihilate both line-defining points, while . The th column therefore lists this plane's coefficients. In the affine chart , the points lie at infinity and represent the three coordinate axis directions; a plane containing is parallel to that axis direction. If already lies on the line, the column is zero and infinitely many planes through the line contain that direction. This is the dual of the containment degeneracy in the coordinate-plane intersection.
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