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For any pseudo-ordered field F and some mappings f and g of F into itself we can construct a Minkowski plane such that one derived affine plane is a variation on W. A. Pierce's construction. Moreover, such a Minkowski plane induces nearaffine planes described by H. A. Wilbrink.
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Jakóbowski, J. A New Construction for Minkowski Planes. Geometriae Dedicata 69, 179–188 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005049308577
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