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New construction of projective planes of prime order

CHEN Shang-di,WEI Hui-hui   

  1. (College of Science,CAUC,Tianjin 300300,China)
  • Received:2013-09-11 Revised:2013-10-14 Online:2014-10-18 Published:2014-09-23

Abstract:

The existence of projective plane which consists of Euclidean plane and an extrinsic straight line is an important research subject in projective geometry. There is a close connection between affine plane and projective plane in combinatorial design. A projective plane of order q corresponds to a (q2+q+1,q+1,1)symmetrical design,and an affine plane of order q corresponds to a(q2,q,1)resolvable design. Beginning with infinity element and projective line,the definition of projective plane is given. Furthermore,the elementary transformation of matrix and the position transformation of the diagonal elements are used to get the parallel classes of a resolvable design. Finally,a new construction of projective plane of prime order is obtained by adding q+1 points into each parallel class. The correctness and efficiency of the construction are validated through an example.

Key words: projective plane, affine plane, design, matrix

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