Cross-Ratio
For distinct , the cross-ratio is , where sends to .
Definition 5.9 (Cross Ratio)
Let be distinct points. Because sharply triply transitively, there exists a unique such that
The cross-ratio is defined as
Note that we saw that can be computed by
by the proof of Lemma 5.8.
Related
Stated in
- Definition 5.9 (Cross Ratio)§5.2 The Möbius Group
