Fano plane

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The Fano plane is the smallest finite projective plane, consisting of seven points and seven lines with rich symmetrical and combinatorial properties.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf (7,3,1)-design ⓘ
Steiner system ⓘ
finite geometry ⓘ
finite projective plane ⓘ
projective plane of order 2 ⓘ
symmetric block design ⓘ
hasAssociatedMatroid Fano matroid ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
hasAutomorphismGroup PGL(3,2) ⓘ
linked to: PSL(2,7)
hasAutomorphismGroupOrder 168 ⓘ
hasBlockSize 3 ⓘ
hasChromaticNumberOfPointGraph 3 ⓘ
hasCliqueNumberOfPointGraph 3 ⓘ
hasCollineationGroup PSL(2,7) ⓘ
hasCollineationGroupOrder 168 ⓘ
hasDualStructure isomorphic to itself ⓘ
hasGirth 3 ⓘ
hasIncidenceStructure 7 points and 7 lines with 21 incidences ⓘ
hasIndependenceNumberOfPointGraph 3 ⓘ
hasLineGraph isomorphic to its point graph ⓘ
hasLineSetSize 7 ⓘ
hasLinesThroughEachPoint 3 ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after Gino Fano ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
hasNumberOfLines 7 ⓘ
hasNumberOfPoints 7 ⓘ
hasOrder 2 ⓘ
hasParameterB 7 ⓘ
hasParameterK 3 ⓘ
hasParameterLambda 1 ⓘ
hasParameterR 3 ⓘ
hasParameterV 7 ⓘ
hasPointGraph Paley graph of order 7 ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
hasPointSetSize 7 ⓘ
hasPointsPerLine 3 ⓘ
hasReplicationNumber 3 ⓘ
hasSymmetryProperty flag-transitive ⓘ
line-transitive ⓘ
point-transitive ⓘ
isIsomorphicTo projective plane over GF(2) ⓘ
isNotRepresentableOver the real numbers as straight lines in the Euclidean plane ⓘ
isRepresentableOver GF(2) ⓘ
isSelfDual true ⓘ
isSmallest finite projective plane ⓘ
isUsedIn coding theory ⓘ
combinatorial constructions ⓘ
design theory ⓘ
finite geometry ⓘ
matroid theory ⓘ
satisfiesAxiom any two distinct lines meet in a unique point ⓘ
any two distinct points lie on a unique line ⓘ
there exist four points no three of which are collinear ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Klein quartic → relatedTo → Fano plane ⓘ
PSL(2,7) → hasCayleyGraphRelatedTo → Heawood graph ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
PSL(2,7) → isAutomorphismGroupOf → Fano plane incidence structure ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
Fano plane → hasPointGraph → Paley graph of order 7 ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
Fano plane → hasAssociatedMatroid → Fano matroid ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
Fano plane → hasNameOrigin → named after Gino Fano ⓘ
linked to: Fano plane
PGL(2,7) → isAutomorphismGroupOf → Fano plane ⓘ