For example, let’s consider a
line on the floor. We describe
the floor with an equation like: y = -1.
A line on the floor is the intersection of that equation with
x = az + b. Or, we
can describe a line on the floor as: (a, -1, b) + t(c,
0, d) (Why is this correct, and why
does it have more parameters than the first way?)
As a line gets far away, z
-> infinity. If (x,-1,z) is a point on
this line, its image is f(x/z,-1/z). As
z -> infinity, -1/z -> 0.
What about x/z? x/z = (az+b)/z =
a + b/z -> a. So a
point on the line appears at: (a,0).
Notice this only depends on the slope of the line x = az
+ b, not on b. So
two lines with the same slope have images that meet at the same
point, (a,0), which is on the horizon.