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Desargues configuration

Builds on ConfigurationDesargues's theorem

Example

The Desargues configuration is a configuration (103)(10_3) in the projective plane. Take two triangles a1a2a3a_1 a_2 a_3 and b1b2b3b_1 b_2 b_3 in perspective from a point OO, so that OO, aia_i, bib_i are collinear for i=1,2,3i = 1, 2, 3. Let cijc_{ij} be the intersection of the sides aiaja_i a_j and bibjb_i b_j. By Desargues's theorem, the three points c12c_{12}, c13c_{13}, c23c_{23} lie on a line, the axis.

Its 1010 points are OO, the six vertices and the three points cijc_{ij}. Its 1010 lines are the three lines OaibiO a_i b_i, the six sides of the triangles and the axis. Check: each line has 33 of the points, for instance the side a1a2a_1 a_2 contains a1a_1, a2a_2, c12c_{12}. Each point lies on 33 lines. For instance, OO lies on the lines OaibiO a_i b_i, the vertex a1a_1 on Oa1b1O a_1 b_1, a1a2a_1 a_2, a1a3a_1 a_3, and c12c_{12} on a1a2a_1 a_2, b1b2b_1 b_2 and the axis.

A combinatorial model: the points are the 22-element subsets of {1,2,3,4,5}\set{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and the lines are the 33-element subsets, with incidence by inclusion. Each 33-set contains three 22-sets, and each 22-set lies in three 33-sets. Its incidence graph is the Desargues graph.

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Further reading

  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desargues_configuration
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