Geometry Projective geometry and linear incidence geometry Example
Non-Desarguesian plane
Builds on Desargues's theoremMoulton plane
Example
A non-Desarguesian plane is a projective plane in which Desargues's theorem does not hold. A concrete one is the projective completion of the Moulton plane. Check: the Moulton plane has triangles and in perspective from a point . In it and , but is not parallel to . Add the line at infinity. Then and lie on the line at infinity, but does not, so the three points are not collinear.
So this plane is not a Desarguesian plane, and it is not isomorphic to for any division ring .
Remarks
Every projective plane of order at most is Desarguesian. The smallest non-Desarguesian planes have order . There are exactly four projective planes of order , and three of them are non-Desarguesian: the Hall plane, its dual and the Hughes plane. The octonionic projective plane is a non-Desarguesian plane that is still a Moufang plane. Every projective plane can be coordinatized by a planar ternary ring, which in a non-Desarguesian plane does not come from a division ring.
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- Collinear points concept
- Projective plane concept
- Projective space concept
- Desargues's theorem statement
- Moulton plane example
- Non-Desarguesian plane example
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| Tag | HYE5FT4M34 |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://HYE5FT4M34 |
| Kind | example |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 51A35, 51E15 |
| Instance of | Projective plane |
| Not an instance of | Desarguesian plane (note: Desargues's theorem fails for two triangles in perspective.) |
| Uses | Desargues's theorem, Moulton plane |
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