Parallel projection

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In linear algebra and functional analysis, a projection is a linear transformation P from a vector space to itself such that P² = P. Projections map the whole vector space to a subspace and leave the points in that subspace unchanged.^[1]

1. ↑ Meyer, pp 386+387