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.

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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

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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