Two affine lines are considered equal when they have the same underlying point
set in (ℤ/p)^2.
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The "high-frequency" component of the indicator of an affine line L at a point
x: this is 1_L(x) - 1/p, i.e. the indicator with its mean (over the plane)
subtracted. Used in the Fourier-analytic proof of the projection theorems.
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An affine line in (ℤ/p)^2 contains exactly p points.
Linear-algebraic transitivity lemma: if a nondegenerate normal (a₁, b₁) is
perpendicular to both the direction (dx, dy) (also nondegenerate) and to a vector
(ux, uy), and a second normal (a₂, b₂) is perpendicular to (dx, dy), then
(a₂, b₂) is also perpendicular to (ux, uy). Used to show two distinct affine
lines meet in at most one point.
Two distinct affine lines in (ℤ/p)^2 intersect in at most one point. (Here
"distinct" is taken in the sense of ¬ SamePointSet.)