Mobius transformations map generalized circles (circles and lines) to generalized circles, but they do not map the centres of circles to the centres of circles. They do however, preserve the inverse property of points, so that if
and
are inverse points with respect to a circle
then after being transformed by an extended mobius transformation![]()
and
are inverse points with respect to![]()
Proof
If
and
are inverse points with respect to a generalized circle
then there must be an extended mobius transformation
that maps
to 0,
to
and
to the unit circle. Thus
maps
to 0,
to
and
to the unit circle. It follows that
and
are inverse points with respect to![]()
On the other hand if
in
then
so once again
and
are inverse points with respect to![]()