Circular Points
The homogeneous form for the equation of a circle is x2 + y2 + 2axz + 2byz + cz2. The intersection of this curve with the line at infinity can be found by setting z = 0. This produces the equation x2 + y2 = 0 which has two solutions in the complex projective plane, (1, i, 0) and (1, −i, 0). These points are called the circular points at infinity and can be regarded as the common points of intersection of all circles. This can be generalized to curves of higher order as circular algebraic curves. A commonly known type of homogeneous coordinates are trilinear coordinates.
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