The Beckman-Quarles theorem for mappings from R^2 to F^2, where F is a subfield of a commutative field extending R

Apoloniusz Tyszka

Published 2003-07-03, updated 2005-06-24Version 2

Let F be a subfield of a commutative field extending R. Let \phi_2: F^2 \times F^2 \to F, \phi_2((x_1,x_2),(y_1,y_2))=(x_1-y_1)^2+(x_2-y_2)^2. We say that f:R^2 \to F^2 preserves distance d \geq 0 if for each x,y \in R^2 |x-y|=d implies \phi_2(f(x),f(y))=d^2. We prove that each unit-distance preserving mapping f:R^2 \to F^2 has a form I \circ (\rho,\rho), where \rho: R \to F is a field homomorphism and I: F^2 \to F^2 is an affine mapping with orthogonal linear part.