Homogeneous coordinates in projective geometry are usually denoted like this: $[x:y:z]$
. However, I think that :
plays the role of a comma, and should be surrounded by much smaller spaces than for other uses of :
.
Is there a simple way in LaTeX to automatically adjust the spacing in homogeneous coordinates, without messing with the spacing of other uses of :
?
Best Answer
Set it as a
{:}
or use\mathpunct{:}