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Hall Plane


The affine Hall plane of order q^2, where q>2 is a prime power, is a finite geometry constructed from the projective plane over F_(q^2). Choose a line at infinity and a copy of the projective line over F_q within it. Keep the affine points and the ordinary affine lines whose directions lie outside this subline. The other new lines are the affine parts of copies of the projective plane over F_q containing the chosen subline. Its projective completion is a non-Desarguesian finite projective plane (Lia et al. 2026).

Although Pappus's hexagon theorem does not hold for every admissible choice of six points in a Hall plane, many Pappus configurations exist. Lia et al. (2026) proved that for q>=53, any triple of distinct points on one affine line extends to a Pappus configuration using three points on any other affine line. When the lines meet, all six points must avoid their intersection.


See also

Finite Projective Plane, Pappus Configuration, Pappus's Hexagon Theorem

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References

Hirschfeld, J. W. P. Projective Geometries over Finite Fields, 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198502951.001.0001.Lia, S.; Sheekey, J.; and Van de Voorde, G. "Pappus Configurations in the Hall Plane." 21 Oct 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29080.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Hall Plane." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HallPlane.html

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