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ective to the point-row _B_. Project the point-row _K_ from _M_ and we get a point-row _D_ on _AC_ again, which is projective to the point-row _B_. For every point _B_ we have thus one and only one point _D_, and conversely. In other words, we have set up a one-to-one correspondence between the points of a single point-row, which is also a projective correspondence because four harmonic points _B_ correspond to four harmonic points _D_. We may note also that the correspondence is here characterized by a feature which does not always appear in projective correspondences: namely, the same process that carries one from _B_ to _D_ will carry one back from _D_ to _B_ again. This special property will receive further study in the chapter on Involution. *38.* It is seen that as _B_ approaches _A_, _D_ also approaches _A_. As _B_ moves from _A_ toward _C_, _D_ moves from _A_ in the opposite direction, passing through the point at infinity on the line _AC_, and returns on the other side to meet _B_ at _C_ again. In other words, as _B_ traverses _AC_, _D_ traverses the rest of the line from _A_ to _C_ through infinity. In all positions of _B_, except at _A_ or _C_, _B_ and _D_ are separated from each other by _A_ and _C_. *39. Harmonic conjugate of the point at infinity.* It is natural to inquire what position of _B_ corresponds to the infinitely distant position of _D_. We have proved (
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