Roman surface

English

Etymology

So called because it was discovered by Jakob Steiner when he was in Rome in 1844.

Noun

Roman surface (plural Roman surfaces)

  1. (mathematics) A self-intersecting mapping of the real projective plane into three-dimensional space, with an unusually high degree of symmetry.
    Synonym: Steiner surface
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