Chapter 2 Background on planes, coordinates and collineations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents XI
4. Chapter 1 The classical planes 1
5. Chapter 2 Background on planes, coordinates and collineations 131
6. Chapter 3 Geometries on surfaces 148
7. Chapter 4 Compact projective planes 216
8. Chapter 5 Algebraic topology of compact, connected planes 244
9. Chapter 6 Homogeneity 309
10. Chapter 7 Four-dimensional planes 372
11. Chapter 8 Eight- and sixteen-dimensional planes 449
12. Chapter 9 Appendix: Tools from topology and Lie theory 590
13. Bibliography 643
14. Notation 679
15. Index 683