In, the projective lines are defined by two projective points, that is, by two linearly independent directions of ; if we take one vector for each direction, the two vectors generate a plane through the origin in , that is, a subspace of dimension 2, and a projective line can be defined as follows:
A projective line in , consists of the projective points defined by coplanar directions in .
In other words, just as the points in correspond to one-dimensional subspaces in , the projective lines correspond to two-dimensional subspaces in .
2008, Catriona Maclean (translator), Daniel Perrin, Algebraic Geometry: An Introduction, [1995, D. Perrin, Géométrie algébrique] Springer, page 37,
Consider the projective line , with homogeneous coordinates and and open sets and .
2009, Dirk Kussin, Noncommutative Curves of Genus Zero: Related to Finite Dimensional Algebras, American Mathematical Society, page 13: