Inversion in space

27.12.7 Inversion in space

See Section 26.14.7 for inversions in the plane.

Given a point P and a real number k, the corresponding inversion of a point A is the point A′ on the ray PA satisfying PA·PA′= k². The inversion command creates inversions.

inversion takes two mandatory and one optional argument:
- P, a point.
- k, the inversion ratio.
- Optionally, G, a geometric object.
inversion(P,k) returns a new command which does an inversion about P with a ratio k.
inversion(P,k,G) returns and draws the inversion of G.

Examples

S:=sphere([0,1,0],0.5); inver:=inversion(point(0,0,0), 2); color(S,blue),inver(S)

inversion(point(0,0,0),2,S)