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Section 2.3 P(rojective) SET

Each \(\mathbb{P}\) card consists of two SET cards “glued together”.
Figure 2.3.1. A \(P\)SET card

Definition 2.3.2.

A \(\mathbb{P}\)SET is a collection of 3 cards such that the cards may be flipped over in such a way so that both the top and the bottom form SETs.

Activity 2.3.1.

Verify that the following are \(\mathbb{P}\)SETs.

(a)

(b)

Activity 2.3.2.

(a)

What \(\mathbb{P}\)SETs can you find here?
Figure 2.3.3. 12 SET cards.

Activity 2.3.3.

Play \(\mathbb{P}\)SET!

Activity 2.3.4.

(a)

What card(s) can you add to form a \(\mathbb{P}\)SET?

(b)

Out of these cards, how many \(\mathbb{P}\)SETs can you find?

(c)

Pick any two cards, can you find what card(s) if any will complete a set? How many \(\mathbb{P}\)SETs can you find? Repeat.

Remark 2.3.4.

We will let a \(\mathbb{P}\)line in the \(\mathbb{P}\)SET context to be a collection of 4 cards so that every 3 card subset forms a \(\mathbb{P}\)SET.

Activity 2.3.5.

(a)

Pick any three cards who do not form a \(\mathbb{P}\)SET and arrange them in a corner of the \(3\times 3\) grid:

(b)

Fill out this grid so that each line forms a \(\mathbb{P}\)line.

(c)

For each pair of cards on this grid, do they lie on exactly one \(\mathbb{P}\)line?