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Consider the following version of the Enskog equation: \[ \begin{multlined} (\partial_t+ v\cdot\partial_x)f(x,v,t)=\\ \lambda\int dv_1\int_{S^+} dnn\cdot(v- v_1)[f(x,v')f(x-\sigma n,v_1')- f(x,v)f(x+\sigma n,v_1)],\end{multlined}\tag{1} \] where \(f= f(x,v,t)\) denotes the probability density of finding a particle of a moderately dilute gas in \(x\in\mathbb{R}^3\) with velocity \(v\in\mathbb{R}^3\). \(t\in\mathbb{R}^+\) is the time, \(\sigma\) (the diameter of the particles) and \(\lambda\) are positive numbers, \(n\) is the unit vector and \(S^+\) denotes the half unit sphere \(\{n\mid n\cdot(v-v_1)\geq 0\}\). Finally, \(v'\) and \(v_1'\) are the velocities after a hard sphere collision with incoming velocities \(v\) and \(v_1\): \(v'=v- n[n\cdot(v- v_1)]\), \(v_1'= v_1+ n[n\cdot(v- v_1)]\), where \(n\) is directed along the line joining the centers of the two spheres localized in \(x\) and \(x+n\sigma\) at the moment of the impact. Eq. (1) differs from the usual Boltzmann equation for the presence of the interaction length \(\sigma\) (formally 0 in the Boltzmann equation), making the Cauchy problem associated to Eq. (1) much easier to handle with.\dots Here, we approach and solve the problem of the uniqueness of the Enskog hierarchy (by proving also the analyticity of the solutions with respect to the parameter \(\lambda\)). We stress once more that this result is interesting in itself, because it characterizes the Enskog evolution when correlations are present. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0863.00051].