Derivable subregular planes (Q852441)

In this paper, the author proves the following characterization of Foulser-Ostrom planes. Theorem. Let \(\pi\) be a derivable subregular plane of order \(q^2\) with derivable net \({\mathcal D}\) that lies over both the plane \(\pi\) and the associated Desarguesian plane \(\Sigma\), in the sense that \({\mathcal D}\) shares at least three components with each of \(\pi \setminus \Sigma\) and \(\Sigma \setminus \pi\). Then \(q\) is a square and \(\pi\) is the Foulser-Ostrom plane of order \(q^2\).