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Write the projective plane as for a three-dimensional complex vector space . A projective line is the zero set of a nonzero linear functional . Two such functionals give the same line exactly when they differ by a nonzero scalar. Hence the parameter space of lines is the dual projective space . A choice of basis identifies with , giving . The description as is intrinsic; the identification with the original requires a choice.

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