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Computational Geometry
Volume 25, Issue 3, July 2003, Pages 233-256
 
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A circle packing algorithm

Charles R. CollinsCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author and Kenneth StephensonE-mail The Corresponding Author, 1

Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, 37996-1300, Knoxville, TN, USA

Received 24 August 2001; 
revised 18 February 2002. 
Communicated by P. Agarwal 
Available online 6 March 2003.

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Abstract

A circle packing is a configuration P of circles realizing a specified pattern of tangencies. Radii of packings in the euclidean and hyperbolic planes may be computed using an iterative process suggested by William Thurston. We describe an efficient implementation, discuss its performance, and illustrate recent applications. A central role is played by new and subtle monotonicity results for “flowers” of circles.

Author Keywords: Circle packing; Conformal geometry; Discrete Dirichlet problem


Computational Geometry
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