Counting symmetric configurations \(v_3\) (Q1962053)

An incidence geometry \((P,{\mathcal B})\) consists of a set of \(v\) points \(P= \{p_1,\dots, p_v\}\) and a collection of \(b\) blocks \({\mathcal B}= \{B_1,\dots, B_b\}\) such that \(B_i\subseteq P\) for \(i= 1,2,\dots, b\). The number of blocks containing a point \(p\in P\) is called the degree, denoted by \([p]\). Blocks are also called lines and \(|B|\) is called the length of the block \(B\). A pair \((p,B)\) with \(p\in B\in{\mathcal B}\) is called a flag. In this case, the point \(p\) is said to lie on the line \(B\). The line is said to pass through \(p\). Additionally, in an incidence geometry any pair of points is joined by at most one line, i.e., \(|B_i\cap B_j|\leq 1\) for all \(i, j\in\{1,\dots, b\}\), \(i\neq j\). An incidence geometry \((p,{\mathcal B})\) is called configuration of type \((v_r,b_k)\) if (1) \(|B_j|= k\) for \(j= 1,2,\dots, b\) and (2) \([p_i]= r\) for \(i= 1,2,\dots, v\). A configuration \((p,{\mathcal B})\) with \(v= b\) is called symmetric. Its type is simply denoted by \(v_r\) which is the same as \(b_k\) because \(k= r\) in this case. A configuration \(C= (p,{\mathcal B})\) is called decomposable if it can be written as the union of two configurations \(C_1\), \(C_2\) on distinct point sets: \(C_1= (p_1,{\mathcal B}_1)\), \(C_2= (p_2,{\mathcal B}_2)\), and \(P= P_1\cup P_2\) and \({\mathcal B}= {\mathcal B}_1\cup{\mathcal B}_2\). Indecomposable configurations are also called connected. The isomorphisms are structure preserving mappings. A triangle of a configuration consists of three points, say \(a\), \(b\), and \(c\), such that the three pairs \(\{a,b\}\), \(\{b,c\}\), \(\{c,a\}\) are contained in different blocks. A configuration that has no triangles is called a triangle-free configuration. An isomorphism \(C\to C^d\) is called an anti-automorphism. A configuration which admits an anti-automorphism is called self-dual. An anti-automorphism of order \(2\) is called a polarity. A configuration which admits a polarity is called self-polar. The authors give tables of configurations \(v_3\) for \(v\leq 18\) and triangle-free configurations for \(v\leq 21\) together with some statistics about some properties of structures like transitivity, self-duality or self-polarity.