Bourbaki

Exercise 13, § 9

Algebra, II, p. 203

It is set in small type as supplementary.

In a projective plane P(V)\mathbf{P}(V) over a field KK of characteristic ≠2\neq 2, let a,b,c,da, b, c, d be four points forming a projective frame (II, p. 202, exerc. 10); denoting by DxyD_{xy} the right passing through two distinct points x,yx, y of P(V)\mathbf{P}(V), let e,f,ge, f, g be the points of intersection of the rights DabD_{ab} and Dcd,DacD_{cd}, D_{ac} and Dbd,DadD_{bd}, D_{ad} and DbcD_{bc} respectively; let hh be the point of intersection of DbcD_{bc} and DefD_{ef}; now prove that one has [bchg]={−1}\begin{bmatrix} b & c \\ h & g \end{bmatrix} = \{-1\} (“theorem of the complete quadrilateral”; reduce to the case where DadD_{ad} is the right at infinity of an affine plane). What is the corresponding result when KK is of characteristic 2?*

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