Bourbaki

Exercise 13, § 9

Algebra, II, 415

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In a projective plane P(V)\mathbf{P}(V) over a field K of characteristic ≠2\neq 2, let a,b,c,da, b, c, d be four points forming a projective basis (Exercise 10); denoting by DxyD_{xy} the line 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 lines DabD_{ab} and DcdD_{cd}, DacD_{ac} and DbdD_{bd}, DadD_{ad} and DbcD_{bc} respectively; let hh be the point of intersection of DbcD_{bc} and DefD_{ef}; show that [bchg]={−1}\begin{bmatrix} b & c \\ h & g \end{bmatrix} = \{-1\} ("theorem of the complete quadrilateral"); reduce it to the case where DadD_{ad} is the line at infinity of an affine plane). What is the corresponding result when K is of characteristic 2?*

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