Various other curiosities
Equation of a Line in an Affine Space defined by two point P and Q and t a
real
set of point of the form (1-t) P + t Q
Equation of a Plane in an Affine Space defined by three not collinear point
P, Q and R
set of point of the form (1-s) ((1-t) P + t Q) +s R
Vector and affine linear subspace are resp. vector and affine space
V : Non empty subset which is stable through the addition and the multiplication
by a real
A : such as the set of the difference between any element of A is a linear
vector subspace
Example
Vector subspace of R4
/ x
| y
| z
\ 0
Affine Subspace of R4 : standard affine 3 space
/ x / x1 - x2
| y v1 - v2 = | y1 - y2 belongs to the previous
| z | z1 - z2 vector subspace of R4
\ 1 \ 0