The Apollonius problem in flat Laguerre planes (Q1180137)

In the classical euclidean plane for all mathematicians the problem of Apollonius is very well known. In this paper the author investigates the similar question in flat Laguerre planes: How many circles of a flat Laguerre plane can touch three given circles or points. The author considers the list of all possible configurations of three circles or points. Using the close relationship between flat Laguerre planes and three dimensional generalized quadrangles the author determines the number \(n\) of common touching circles in the considered configurations.