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It is proved that any inversive plane of order 5 must be isomorphic with the Miquelian plane. The proof is given in some detail: a companion paper will assert that the same arguments can be applied to a plane of order 7.
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Denniston, R.H.F. Uniqueness of the inversive plane of order 5. Manuscripta Math 8, 11–19 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317572
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317572