Solution

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Choose representative vectors of the first points; they form a basis. Write a representative of the last point as . General position forces each , since otherwise of the points would lie in a hyperplane. Rescale the basis vectors to . The tuple is then projectively equivalent to the standard frame
Apply the same normalization to the second tuple and compose the two transformations to obtain existence. An automorphism fixing the coordinate points is represented by a diagonal matrix. Fixing their sum forces all its diagonal entries to agree, so its projective action is the identity. This proves existence and uniqueness. At it says the Möbius group acts sharply triply transitively on the projective line: any ordered triple of distinct points can be sent to any other in exactly one way.

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