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Pappus configuration

Builds on ConfigurationPappus's hexagon theorem

Example

The Pappus configuration is a configuration (93)(9_3) in the projective plane. Take distinct points A,B,CA, B, C on a line gg and distinct points a,b,ca, b, c on another line hh, none of them on both lines. Let X=Ab∩aBX = Ab \cap aB, Y=Ac∩aCY = Ac \cap aC and Z=Bc∩bCZ = Bc \cap bC. By Pappus's hexagon theorem, XX, YY, ZZ lie on a line, the Pappus line.

Its 99 points are A,B,C,a,b,c,X,Y,ZA, B, C, a, b, c, X, Y, Z. Its 99 lines are gg, hh, the six lines AbAb, aBaB, AcAc, aCaC, BcBc, bCbC and the Pappus line. Check: each line has 33 of the points, for instance AbAb contains AA, bb, XX and BcBc contains BB, cc, ZZ. Each point lies on 33 lines. For instance, AA lies on gg, AbAb, AcAc, the point bb on hh, AbAb, bCbC, and XX on AbAb, aBaB and the Pappus line. Its incidence graph is the Pappus graph.

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  1. Collinear points concept
  2. Configuration concept
  3. Field concept
  4. Projective plane concept
  5. Projective space concept
  6. Pappus's hexagon theorem statement
  7. Pappus configuration example

Further reading

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