Fundamental Plane

The fundamental plane may refer to:

  • Fundamental plane (spherical coordinates), which divides a spherical coordinate system
  • Fundamental plane (elliptical galaxies), which shows an empirical relationship among mean surface brightness, velocity dispersion and effective radius of an elliptical galaxy

Famous quotes containing the words fundamental and/or plane:

    “There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.”
    —Patrick, Mrs. Campbell (1865–1940)

    “At the moment when a man openly makes known his difference of opinion from a well-known party leader, the whole world thinks that he must be angry with the latter. Sometimes, however, he is just on the point of ceasing to be angry with him. He ventures to put himself on the same plane as his opponent, and is free from the tortures of suppressed envy.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)