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48 results for circle packing theorem

Paper proves rigidity of Doyle spirals in hexagonal lattice circle packings.

problem Proving Doyle conjecture for hexagonal lattice circle packings.
method Using Liouville theorem of discrete harmonic functions based on logarithmic radii ratio observation.
result Proves rigidity of Doyle spirals in hexagonal lattice circle packings with bounded radii ratios.

Article explores Thurston's circle packing theorem in 3-manifold geometry.

problem Understanding Thurston's circle packing theorem in 3-manifold geometry.
method Analyzes the Koebe-Andre'ev-Thurston Theorem and its relation to Thurston's circle packing theorem.
result Illustrates the significance of Thurston's circle packing theorem in 3-manifold geometry.

We show that the analog of Hamilton's Ricci flow in the combinatorial setting produces solutions which converge exponentially fast to Thurston's circle packing on surfaces. As a consequence, a new proof of Thurston's existence of circle packing theorem is obtained. As another consequence, Ricci flow suggests a new algo…

2002-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

New theorem proves convergence of various discrete conformal structures to conformal maps.

problem Proving convergence of discrete conformal structures to conformal maps.
method General theorem using piecewise linear discrete conformal mappings and Riemannian barycentric coordinates.
result Discrete conformal mappings converge to conformal maps under certain conditions.

The Andreev-Thurston theorem states that for any triangulation of a closed orientable surface Σ_g of genus g which is covered by a simple graph in the universal cover, there exists a unique metric of curvature 1, 0 or -1 on the surface depending on whether g=0, 1 or \ge 2 such that the surface with this metric admits a…

2001-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we generalize Chow-Luo's combinatorial Ricci flow to inversive distance circle packing setting. Although the solution to the generalized flow may develop singularities in finite time, we can always extend the solution so as it exists for all time and converges exponentially fast. Thus the generalized flo…

2016-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Thurston's circle packing approximation of the Riemann Mapping (proven to give the Riemann Mapping in the limit by Rodin-Sullivan) is largely based on the theorem that any topological disk with a circle packing metric can be deformed into a circle packing metric in the disk with boundary circles internally tangent to t…

2014-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves rigidity of circle packings in the plane, generalizing previous work.

problem Rigidity of infinite inversive distance circle packings in the plane.
method Maximal principle for generic weighted Delaunay inversive distance circle packings and ring lemma for inversive distance circle packings in hexagonal triangulated plane.
result Proves Bowers-Stephenson's conjecture for inversive distance circle packings.

The paper studies circle packings using renormalization and subdivision rules.

problem Characterizing and proving properties of circle packings with specific subdivision rules.
method Iterations of skinning maps on Teichmüller spaces, renormalization theory, subdivision rules.
result Uniformly contracting renormalization operator and geometric inflexibility of circle packings.

Paper proves a discrete Schwarz-Pick lemma for generalized circle packings.

problem Comparing geometric quantities of circle packings with different boundary values.
method Combinatorial Calabi flows and maximum principle.
result Discrete Schwarz-Pick lemma proven for generalized circle packings.

Paper introduces new flows to find circle packings with specific curvature.

problem Finding circle packings with prescribed total geodesic curvatures.
method Introduces combinatorial Calabi flow, fractional combinatorial Calabi flow, and combinatorial p-th Calabi flow.
result Establishes conditions for the longtime behaviors of these flows.

The paper extends the Discrete Schwarz-Pick Lemma to circle packings with obtuse intersections and disjoint packings.

problem Proving the Discrete Schwarz-Pick Lemma for circle packings with various inversive distances.
method Using a variational principle for circle packings with inversive distances, the paper extends the lemma to a broader range of packings.
result The Discrete Schwarz-Pick Lemma holds for circle packings with inversive distances in (1,1](-1,1], provided an additional condition on triangle weights.

Uniqueness of circle packings on certain translation surfaces is proven.

problem Proving the uniqueness of circle packings on specific translation surfaces.
method Using splitting bigons to characterize variations of circle packings.
result For certain circle packings on H(1,1)H(1, 1) translation surfaces, there are only a finite number of ways the packing can vary without changing the contacts graph.

The paper studies circle packings on surfaces with boundary and their total geodesic curvatures.

problem Existence and rigidity of circle packings with conical singularities.
method Variational principle and combinatorial Ricci flow.
result Existence and rigidity of circle packings with prescribed total geodesic curvature.

The paper finds circle packings with specific curvatures in hyperbolic geometry.

problem Finding circle packings with prescribed total geodesic curvatures and discrete Gaussian curvatures.
method Established existence and rigidity via variational principle, introduced combinatorial p-th Calabi flows.
result Introduced combinatorial p-th Calabi flows to find circle packings with prescribed curvatures.

Paper studies degenerated circle packings in hyperbolic geometry and finds conditions for their existence.

problem Whether a prescribed total geodesic curvature can be realized by a degenerated circle packing.
method Introduced combinatorial Ricci flow to find the desired degenerated circle packed surface, analogous to Chow-Luo and Takatsu methods.
result Fully characterized sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of degenerated circle packings and showed their uniqueness.

Paper constructs hyperbolic metrics using circle packings and curvature parameters.

problem Creating polyhedral metrics for surfaces of various topologies.
method Using circle packings and curvature parameters, the paper constructs hyperbolic polyhedral metrics.
result Unified approach to producing polyhedral metrics for surfaces of broader topological types.

Inversive distance circle packing metric was introduced by P Bowers and K Stephenson \cite{BS} as a generalization of Thurston's circle packing metric \cite{T1}. They conjectured that the inversive distance circle packings are rigid. For nonnegative inversive distance, Guo \cite{Guo} proved the infinitesimal rigidity a…

2017-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The main purpose of this article is to demonstrate three techniques for proving algebraicity statements about circle packings. We give proofs of three related theorems: (1) that every finite simple planar graph is the contact graph of a circle packing on the Riemann sphere, equivalently in the complex plane, all of who…

2013-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We study circle packings with the combinatorics of a triangulated disk in the plane and parametrize deformations of circle packings in terms of vertex rotation and cross ratios. We show that there is a Weierstrass representation formula relating infinitesimal deformations of circle packings to discrete minimal surfaces…

2017-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper investigates several global rigidity issues for polyhedral surfaces including inversive distance circle packings. Inversive distance circle packings are polyhedral surfaces introduced by P. Bowers and K. Stephenson as a generalization of Andreev-Thurston's circle packing. They conjectured that inversive dist…

2010-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves the existence of a unique circle packing on hyperbolic surfaces.

problem Proving the existence of a unique inversive distance circle packing on hyperbolic polyhedral surfaces.
method Deforming the surface by discrete Ricci flow, doing surgery by edge flipping, and using a variational principle of a convex Ricci potential.
result There exists a unique inversive distance circle packing that is discrete conformal to the original one.

The paper finds hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with boundary using combinatorial curvature flows.

problem Finding hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with totally geodesic boundaries of prescribed lengths.
method Introducing combinatorial Ricci flow and combinatorial Calabi flow for generalized circle packings.
result Proves longtime existence and global convergence of combinatorial curvature flows.

Inversive distance circle packing on surfaces was introduced by Bowers-Stephenson as a generalization of Thurston's circle packing and conjectured to be rigid. The infinitesimal and global rigidity of circle packing with nonnegative inversive distance were proved by Guo and Luo respectively. The author proved the globa…

2019-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New method finds metrics on surfaces with prescribed curvatures using circle packings and surgery.

problem Finding piecewise Euclidean metrics on surfaces with prescribed combinatorial curvatures.
method Combinatorial curvature flows with surgery for inversive distance circle packings.
result Longtime existence and global convergence of combinatorial curvature flows with surgery.

Infinite circle packings on surfaces with conical singularities are possible.

problem Finding hyperbolic metrics with prescribed angles and circle packings on surfaces with punctures.
method Using infinite triangulations and hyperbolic metrics, the approach involves identifying the underlying Riemann surface and ensuring the circle packing combinatorics match the given triangulation.
result There are infinitely many conical hyperbolic structures in a conformal class with a circle packing in the combinatorics of a given triangulation.

The paper proves convergence of discrete maps to Riemann mappings for polyhedral surfaces.

problem Discrete conformal geometry of polyhedral surfaces.
method Establishing rigidity for hexagonal triangulations and estimating quasiconformal constants.
result Discrete conformal maps converge to Riemann mappings for Jordan domains.

Given a triangulated surface MM, we use Ge-Xu's αα-flow \cite{Ge-Xu1} to deform any initial inversive distance circle packing metric to a metric with constant αα-curvature. More precisely, we prove that the inversive distance circle packing with constant αα-curvature is unique if αχ(M)0αχ(M)\leq 0, which generalize And…

2017-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves existence of unique circle packings on polyhedral surfaces.

problem Existence of unique circle packings on polyhedral surfaces with specified discrete curvature.
method Constructs diffeomorphism between fiber bundles, uses discrete Ricci flow and edge flipping.
result Proves existence of unique inversive distance circle packings.