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Symmetry group: GL(3,2) = PSL(2,7), order 168
Octonion connection: Each line {i,j,k} gives an octonion triple e_i·e_j = e_k (Fano mnemonic)
Error correction: Fano plane is the [7,4,3] Hamming code — dual of [7,3,4] simplex code
Collinearity: Any 3 of 7 points are either collinear (on one of 7 lines) or form a "quadrangle"
Characteristic: Only finite projective plane with all lines of minimum size (order 2)