Elementary Incidence Theorems for Complex Numbers and Quaternions

DOI10.1137/070685117zbMATH Open1170.51001OpenAlexW1995181812MaRDI QIDQ3394992FDOQ3394992

Authors Konrad J. Swanepoel, József Solymosi 

Publication date 20 August 2009

Published in SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703372

zbMATH Keywords

incidence geometrySylvester-Gallai theoremcomplex affine planequaternionic affine plane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Desarguesian and Pappian geometries (51A30)

Abstract: We present some elementary ideas to prove the following Sylvester-Gallai type theorems involving incidences between points and lines in the planes over the complex numbers and quaternions. (1) Let A and B be finite sets of at least two complex numbers each. Then there exists a line l in the complex affine plane such that l intersects AxB in exactly two points. (2) Let S be a finite noncollinear set of points in the complex affine plane. Then there exists a line l intersecting S in 2, 3, 4 or 5 points. (3) Let A and B be finite sets of at least two quaternions each. Then there exists a line l in the quaternionic affine plane such that l intersects AxB in 2, 3, 4 or 5 points. (4) Let S be a finite noncollinear set of points in the quaternionic affine plane. Then there exists a line l intersecting S in at least 2 and at most 24 points.

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