Elementary Incidence Theorems for Complex Numbers and Quaternions
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Publication:3394992
DOI10.1137/070685117zbMATH Open1170.51001arXivmath/0703372OpenAlexW1995181812MaRDI QIDQ3394992FDOQ3394992
Authors: Konrad J. Swanepoel, József Solymosi 
Publication date: 20 August 2009
Published in: SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
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.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703372
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