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Continuous proportion relations and functions

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Continuous proportion functions in three or more dimensions are classical.

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Dedicated to Helmut Salzmann on the occasion of his 60th birthday

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Benz, W. Continuous proportion relations and functions. Geom Dedicata 36, 139–149 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150784

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