The equation
represents an 
-D Hypersphere 
 as a quadratic hypersurface in an 
-D real projective space
, where 
 are homogeneous coordinates in 
. Then the Group 
 of projective
transformations which leave 
 invariant is called the Möbius group.
References
Iyanaga, S. and Kawada, Y. (Eds.).  ``Möbius Geometry.''  §78A in 
  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 265-266, 1980.
 
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1999-05-26