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For a novice, projective geometry usually appears to be a bit odd, and it is not obvious to motivate why its introduction is inevitable and in fact fruitful. One of the main motivations arises from algebraic geometry.
Think geometrically, prove algebraically.
—John Tate
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Gallier, J. (2001). Basics of Projective Geometry. In: Geometric Methods and Applications. Texts in Applied Mathematics, vol 38. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0137-0_5
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