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 plane self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fano matroid
hasAutomorphismGroup PSL(2,7)
surface form: PGL(3,2)
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 Fano plane self-linksurface differs
surface form: named after Gino Fano
hasNumberOfLines 7
hasNumberOfPoints 7
hasOrder 2
hasParameterB 7
hasParameterK 3
hasParameterLambda 1
hasParameterR 3
hasParameterV 7
hasPointGraph Fano plane self-linksurface differs
surface form: Paley graph of order 7
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Klein quartic relatedTo Fano plane
PSL(2,7) hasCayleyGraphRelatedTo Fano plane
this entity surface form: Heawood graph
PSL(2,7) isAutomorphismGroupOf Fano plane
this entity surface form: Fano plane incidence structure
Fano plane hasPointGraph Fano plane self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paley graph of order 7
Fano plane hasAssociatedMatroid Fano plane self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fano matroid
Fano plane hasNameOrigin Fano plane self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: named after Gino Fano