The circle packing theorem (also known as the Koebe–Andreev–Thurston theorem) describes the possible tangency relations between circles in the plane whose...
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result into three dimensions, or by using the circle packing theorem. Several extensions of the theorem are known, in which the polyhedron that realizes...
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In geometry, circle packing is the study of the arrangement of circles (of equal or varying sizes) on a given surface such that no overlapping occurs...
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distinct from the ideas in the circle packing theorem. The related circle packing problem deals with packing circles, possibly of different sizes, on...
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Planar graph (redirect from Theorem P)
interiors, by making a vertex for each circle and an edge for each pair of circles that kiss. The circle packing theorem, first proved by Paul Koebe in 1936...
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Two-dimensional packing problem Circle packing in an isosceles right triangle – Two-dimensional packing problem Circle packing theorem – Describes the possible tangency...
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circle packing theorem. It was written by Kenneth Stephenson and published in 2005 by the Cambridge University Press. Circle packings, as studied in this...
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In geometry, Descartes' theorem states that for every four kissing, or mutually tangent circles, the radii of the circles satisfy a certain quadratic...
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Tangent lines to circles Circle packing theorem, the result that every planar graph may be realized by a system of tangent circles Hexafoil, the shape...
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is the three-dimensional equivalent of the circle packing in a circle problem in two dimensions. Best packing of m>1 equal spheres in a sphere setting a...
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It is also related to the densest circle packing of the plane, in which every circle is tangent to six other circles, which fill just over 90% of the area...
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R(t)={\frac {4r}{\left|\csc \left({\frac {t}{2}}\right)\right|}}} Circle packing theorem Osculating curve Osculating sphere Ghys, Étienne; Tabachnikov, Sergei;...
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2-dimensional analog of Kepler's conjecture: the regular hexagonal packing is the densest circle packing in the plane (1890). This disambiguation page lists mathematics...
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set of Kleinian groups; see also Circle packing theorem. The circles of Apollonius may also denote three special circles C 1 , C 2 , C 3 {\displaystyle...
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intersect each other. The circle packing theorem states that every planar graph can be represented as a contact graph of circles, known as a coin graph....
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appear in the ring lemma, used to prove connections between the circle packing theorem and conformal maps. The Fibonacci numbers are important in computational...
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Ring lemma (category Circle packing)
geometry of circle packings in the Euclidean plane, the ring lemma gives a lower bound on the sizes of adjacent circles in a circle packing. The lemma...
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unit disks in the plane. A circle graph is the intersection graph of a set of chords of a circle. The circle packing theorem states that planar graphs...
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the plane is a unit disk graph. The Circle packing theorem states that the intersection graphs of non-crossing circles are exactly the planar graphs. Scheinerman's...
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described by Tutte's theorem, may be formed by projecting such a polyhedral representation onto the plane. The Circle packing theorem states that every planar...
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According to the Koebe–Andreev–Thurston circle-packing theorem, any planar graph may be represented by a packing of circular disks in the plane with disjoint...
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William Thurston (section Orbifold theorem)
(September 1990) pp 844–850 Automatic group Cannon–Thurston map Circle packing theorem Hyperbolic volume Hyperbolic Dehn surgery Thurston boundary Milnor–Thurston...
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Inversive distance (section Circle packings)
This concept generalizes the circle packings described by the circle packing theorem, in which specified pairs of circles are tangent to each other. Although...
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Kepler conjecture (category Packing problems)
mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, is a mathematical theorem about sphere packing in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It states that no arrangement...
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Midsphere (category Circle packing)
lengths. One stronger form of the circle packing theorem, on representing planar graphs by systems of tangent circles, states that every polyhedral graph...
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Apollonian gasket (redirect from Apollonian packing)
circle packing is a fractal generated by starting with a triple of circles, each tangent to the other two, and successively filling in more circles,...
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mathematics Does the greedy algorithm always find area-maximizing packings of more than three circles in any triangle? More unsolved problems in mathematics Gian...
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formula; graph labelings; planar graphs, the four color theorem, and the circle packing theorem; near-planar graphs; and graph embedding on topological...
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Steiner chain (category Circle packing)
Closed Steiner chains are the systems of circles obtained as the circle packing theorem representation of a bipyramid. Annular Steiner chains n = 3 n =...
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planar graph. Alternatively, by the circle packing theorem, any planar graph may be represented as a collection of circles, any two of which cross if and only...
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