Configurations of Points and lines #
This file introduces abstract configurations of points and lines, and proves some basic properties.
Main definitions #
Configuration.Nondegenerate: Excludes certain degenerate configurations, and imposes uniqueness of intersection points.Configuration.HasPoints: A nondegenerate configuration in which every pair of lines has an intersection point.Configuration.HasLines: A nondegenerate configuration in which every pair of points has a line through them.Configuration.lineCount: The number of lines through a given point.Configuration.pointCount: The number of lines through a given line.
Main statements #
Configuration.HasLines.card_le:HasLinesimplies|P| ≤ |L|.Configuration.HasPoints.card_le:HasPointsimplies|L| ≤ |P|.Configuration.HasLines.hasPoints:HasLinesand|P| = |L|impliesHasPoints.Configuration.HasPoints.hasLines:HasPointsand|P| = |L|impliesHasLines. Together, these four statements say that any two of the following properties imply the third: (a)HasLines, (b)HasPoints, (c)|P| = |L|.
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A configuration is nondegenerate if:
- there does not exist a line that passes through all of the points,
- there does not exist a point that is on all of the lines,
- there is at most one line through any two points,
- any two lines have at most one intersection point. Conditions 3 and 4 are equivalent.
- exists_point (l : L) : ∃ (p : P), p ∉ l
- exists_line (p : P) : ∃ (l : L), p ∉ l
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A nondegenerate configuration in which every pair of lines has an intersection point.
- mkPoint {l₁ l₂ : L} : l₁ ≠ l₂ → P
Intersection of two lines
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A nondegenerate configuration in which every pair of points has a line through them.
- mkLine {p₁ p₂ : P} : p₁ ≠ p₂ → L
Line through two points
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If a nondegenerate configuration has at least as many points as lines, then there exists
an injective function f from lines to points, such that f l does not lie on l.
Number of points on a given line.
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Number of lines through a given point.
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If a nondegenerate configuration has a unique line through any two points, then |P| ≤ |L|.
If a nondegenerate configuration has a unique point on any two lines, then |L| ≤ |P|.
If a nondegenerate configuration has a unique line through any two points, and if |P| = |L|,
then there is a unique point on any two lines.
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If a nondegenerate configuration has a unique point on any two lines, and if |P| = |L|,
then there is a unique line through any two points.
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A projective plane is a nondegenerate configuration in which every pair of lines has an intersection point, every pair of points has a line through them, and which has three points in general position.
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The order of a projective plane is one less than the number of lines through an arbitrary point. Equivalently, it is one less than the number of points on an arbitrary line.