Fano Plane

In finite geometry, the Fano plane (after Gino Fano) is the finite projective plane of order 2, having the smallest possible number of points and lines, 7 each, with 3 points on every line and 3 lines through every point.

Read more about Fano Plane:  Homogeneous Coordinates, Symmetries, Configurations, Group-theoretic Construction, Block Design Theory, Matroid Theory, Steiner System

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