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The Pappus configuration is the configuration illustrated above that appears in Pappus's hexagon theorem. It is one of the three configurations.

The Levi graph of the Pappus configuration is known as the Pappus graph.

See also

Pappus Graph, Pappus's Hexagon Theorem

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References

Coxeter, H. S. M. "Self-Dual Configurations and Regular Graphs." Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 56, 413-455, 1950.Grünbaum, B. Configurations of Points and Lines. Providence, RI: Amer. Math. Soc., pp. 1-2 and 9, 2009.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Pappus Configuration." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PappusConfiguration.html

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• Discrete Mathematics
• Combinatorics
• Configurations