The unit direction vector $(\cos\theta, \sin\theta) \in \mathbb{R}^2$ associated to the angle $\theta$.
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Orthogonal projection $\pi_\theta : \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ onto the line through the origin in direction $\theta$, expressed as the continuous linear functional $x \mapsto \langle x, (\cos\theta, \sin\theta) \rangle$.
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Marstrand's projection theorem (1954). If $X \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$ is compact, then for almost every angle $\theta \in [0, \pi)$ the Hausdorff dimension of the orthogonal projection $\pi_\theta(X)$ onto the line in direction $\theta$ equals $\min(\dim_H X, 1)$.