endpoint
An endpoint of a line segment is a point that belongs to the boundary of . Note that every line segment has two distinct endpoints. For example, if is a vector space and with , then the endpoints of the line segment are and .
Note that the endpoints of the open line segment are also and .
Endpoints can be defined in a manner for other geometric . These include rays, arcs (http://planetmath.org/PathConnected), and intervals (http://planetmath.org/Interval).
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Rays have one endpoint.
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have two endpoints.
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can have zero, one, or two endpoints, depending on whether they are bounded above and/or below. See the entry on intervals (http://planetmath.org/Interval) for more details.
Title | endpoint |
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Canonical name | Endpoint |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:06:05 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:06:05 |
Owner | Wkbj79 (1863) |
Last modified by | Wkbj79 (1863) |
Numerical id | 12 |
Author | Wkbj79 (1863) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 51-00 |
Classification | msc 03-00 |
Synonym | end point |