Point at infinity complex field, the set of points at infinity is a manifold. In artistic drawing and technical perspective, the projection on the picture plane of the point at infinity of a class of parallel lines is called their vanishing point. In hyperbolic geometry, points at infinity are typically named ideal points. Unlike Euclidean and elliptic geometries, each line has two points at infinity: given a line "l" and a point "P" not on "l", the right- and left-limiting parallels converge asymptotically to different points at infinity. All points at infinity together form the Cayley absolute or boundary of a hyperbolic plane.
The Point (magazine) The Point (magazine) The Point is a twice-yearly literary magazine established in Autumn 2008 by editors Jon Baskin, Jonny Thakkar, and Etay Zwick, then doctoral students at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought. The magazine, based in Chicago, publishes essays in literature, culture, critical theory, politics, and the arts, as well as original art; its contributors are principally academics, although it is not an academic journal. "The Point" was founded as a forum in which ideas of philosophical significance could be discussed “as active forces in our lives and cultures.” It was intended as a remedy to what