Solves Apollonius' problem using oriented circles and inversive geometry.
problem Constructing a circle tangent to three given circles.
method Using oriented circles and inversive invariants, reversing each given circle to find solutions.
result The problem has 0, 1, or 2 solutions, depending on the configuration of given circles.
Solves four problems related to circle families in the plane.
problem Four basic problems of circle families in the plane.
method Solves all four basic problems of circle families in the plane.
result All four basic problems are solved.
Paper solves four problems of pseudo-circle envelopes in Minkowski plane.
problem Four problems of pseudo-circle envelopes in Minkowski plane.
method Solutions to four basic problems.
result Solved four problems of pseudo-circle envelopes in Minkowski plane.
Asymptotics for equidistribution of circles on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Equidistribution of circles on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Spectral method and statistical limit theorems.
result Precise asymptotics for the rate of equidistribution of circles.
Paper proves circle packings converge to Riemann mapping for Jordan domains.
problem Proving discrete conformal maps converge to Riemann mapping.
method Establishing solvability theorem for inversive distance circle packings.
result Bowers-Stephenson's conjecture for Jordan domains is proven.
Study the hanging chain shape around a circle.
problem Finding the shape of a curve extremizing potential energy to a circle.
method Analyzes curves minimizing potential energy to a circle, considering both inside and outside.
result Describes shapes of curves for different powers of distance to the circle.
A Delaunay cell decomposition of a surface with constant curvature gives rise to a circle pattern, consisting of the circles which are circumscribed to the facets. We treat the problem whether there exists a Delaunay cell decomposition for a given (topological) cell decomposition and given intersection angles of the ci…
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 solves degenerated circle pattern metric problem in spherical geometry.
problem Existence and rigidity of (degenerated) circle pattern metrics with prescribed total geodesic curvatures.
method Defined prescribed combinatorial Ricci flows and studied their convergence.
result First degenerated result for total geodesic curvatures in spherical background geometry.
Criterion for flat circle bundles using intrinsically harmonic forms.
problem Characterizing flat circle bundles.
method Criterion based on intrinsic harmonicity of a specific form.
result Flatness of a principal circle bundle is equivalent to intrinsic harmonicity of a certain form.
The paper solves conditions for extending circle-valued Morse functions.
problem Conditions for extending circle-valued Morse functions on closed orientable surfaces.
method Provided necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a non-singular extension.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a non-singular extension of a circle-valued Morse function.
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.
Deciding 3-manifolds fibering over the circle is in NP
problem Deciding if a 3-manifold fibres over the circle
method Show fibredness lies in NP
result Problem is NP-complete
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…
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 resolves spherical curvature flow problem.
problem Existence of ideal circle patterns in spherical background geometry.
method Introduces a combinatorial geodesic curvature flow in spherical background geometry.
result Characterizes sufficient and necessary conditions for flow convergence.
This paper characterizes Fuchsian groups acting on the circle with invariant laminations.
problem Characterize Fuchsian groups acting on the circle with invariant laminations.
method Proves a structure theorem for hyperbolic 2-orbifolds and characterizes Fuchsian groups.
result Proves a complete generalization of the previous result for Fuchsian groups.
Analyzes packing of circles in bounded and unbounded planes using mathematical formulas.
problem Finding optimal radii for packing circles in various plane regions.
method Deterministic analytic formulae and recurrence relations.
result Formulated analytic formulae for 2D circle packing on various plane shapes.
The paper solves circle packings on surfaces with boundaries.
problem Circle packing on surfaces with boundaries and finite genus.
method Using Thurston's algorithm and discrete Schwarz-Pick lemma.
result A unique solution to the boundary value problem exists.
Paper solves long-standing problem of infinite ideal polyhedra in hyperbolic space.
problem Characterize infinite ideal polyhedra in hyperbolic 3-space.
method Introduced combinatorial Ricci flow for infinite ideal circle patterns.
result Proved characterization of infinite ideal circle patterns under specific conditions.
We give an overview of various counting problems for Apollonian circle packings, which turn out to be related to problems in dynamics and number theory for thin groups. This survey article is an expanded version of my lecture notes prepared for the 13th Takagi lectures given at RIMS, Kyoto in the fall of 2013.
We prove that a circle bundle over a closed oriented aspherical manifold with hyperbolic fundamental group admits a self-map of absolute degree greater than one if and only if it is virtually trivial. This generalizes in every dimension the case of circle bundles over hyperbolic surfaces, for which the result was known…
Wave maps from circle to manifold controllable if homotopy classes match.
problem Global controllability of wave maps from circle to Riemannian manifolds.
method Characterization of controllability via homotopy classes, uniform-time global controllability between steady states, quantitative exponential stability.
result Global controllability is equivalent to homotopy class of data.
We list up to Möbius equivalence all possible degrees and embedding dimensions of real surfaces that are covered by at least two pencils of circles, together with the number of such pencils. In addition, we classify incidences between the contained circles, complex lines and isolated singularities. Such geometric chara…
We prove that the set of smooth, π-periodic, positive functions on the unit circle for which the L−2 Minkowski problem is solvable is dense in the set of all smooth, π-periodic, positive functions on the unit circle with respect to the L∞ norm. Furthermore, we obtain a necessary condition on the solv…
The paper finds that circles and logarithmic spirals are the only constant-speed ramps for a specific force field.
problem Determining planar curves for constant-speed motion under specific force conditions.
method Analyzing the motion of a particle under friction and a central force field.
result Every solution to the constant-speed motion problem approaches either a circle or a logarithmic spiral.
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.
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.
Agrachev's problem on circle turns is solved for various topologies.
problem How many times must a circle be turned to allow deformation with non-degenerate Frenet frame?
method Introduced decorated turn data to retain a nontrivial turn-counting problem. Analyzed different topologies and dimensions.
result For Cn curve topology, k(2)=1, k(3)=2, and k(n)=1 for n≥4. Spherical Fenchel obstruction in all dimensions n≥4. Two optimization problems for Loewner energy curves and their symmetries.
problem Optimizing Jordan curves and positive curves on boundary spaces.
method Using conformal welding and Möbius transformations.
result Symmetries between boundary spaces and pleated planes.
The following problem was proposed in 2010 by S. Lando. Let M and N be two unions of the same number of disjoint circles in a sphere. Do there always exist two spheres in 3-space such that their intersection is transversal and is a union of disjoint circles that is situated as M in one sphere and as N in the ot…
Study generates infinite circle packings with a specific property.
problem Generating infinite circle packings with a unique property.
method Investigates an infinite family of circle packings and uses them to create Apollonian packings.
result Created an infinite set of circle packings with the Apollonian property.
The paper extends Descartes' circle theorem to n-flower configurations using hyperbolic geometry.
problem Extending Descartes' circle theorem to n-flower configurations.
method Spinorial description of horospheres in hyperbolic geometry.
result An explicit equation satisfied by the curvatures of n-flower configurations.
The paper explores universal circles for Anosov foliations and their uniqueness.
problem Exploring the uniqueness of universal circles for Anosov foliations.
method Using the flow space of an Anosov flow to parameterize the circle bundle at infinity of the foliations.
result Several constructions of a universal circle are typically distinct and not conjugate.
The notion of a (stably) decomposable fiber bundle is introduced. In low dimensions, for torus fiber bundles over a circle the notion translates into a property of elements of the special linear group of integral matrices. We give a complete characterization of the stably decomposable torus fiber bundle of fiber-dimens…
Extends circle pattern theorem to quasi-simplicial triangulations.
problem Characterize circle patterns on quasi-simplicial triangulated surfaces.
method Use finite covering technique to reduce problem to simplicial case, prove characterization by KAT inequalities.
result Curvature image is characterized by KAT inequalities.
Link projections with the same circle arrangement can be transformed by specific moves.
problem Characterizing link projections based on their circle arrangements.
method Local moves to transform link projections and analyze their circle arrangements.
result Two link projections have the same circle arrangement if and only if they can be transformed into each other by certain local moves.
A Steiner chain of length k consists of k circles, tangent to two given non-intersecting circles (the parent circles) and tangent to each other in a cyclic pattern. The Steiner porism states that once a chain of k circles exists, there exists a 1-parameter family of such chains with the same parent circles that can be …
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.
We consider circle packings and, more generally, Delaunay circle patterns - arrangements of circles arising from a Delaunay decomposition of a finite set of points - on surfaces equipped with a complex projective structure. Motivated by a conjecture of Kojima, Mizushima and Tan, we prove that the forgetful map sending …
Classifies surfaces with great and small circles through each point.
problem Identifying surfaces with specific circle properties.
method Topological classification of surfaces in 3D unit sphere.
result Surfaces are homeomorphic to five normal forms.
Study local diffeomorphisms of conformal circles in pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
problem Understanding local diffeomorphisms of conformal circles.
method Variations of conformal circles and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
result Local diffeomorphisms of conformal circles are conformal local diffeomorphisms.
A ``hyperideal circle pattern'' in S2 is a finite family of oriented circles, similar to the ``usual'' circle patterns but such that the closed disks bounded by the circles do not cover the whole sphere. Hyperideal circle patterns are directly related to hyperideal hyperbolic polyhedra, and also to circle packings. …
Circle graph automorphisms match circle's and are strongly universal.
problem Identifying the automorphism group of the circle.
method Proving the circle graph's automorphism group coincides with the circle's and showing the circle graph's rational chords form a strongly universal element.
result The circle graph's automorphism group is strongly universal.
Let Ef be the energy of some knot τ for any f from certain class of functions. The problem is to find knots with extremal values of energy. We discuss the notion of the locally perturbed knot. The knot circle minimizes some energies Ef and maximizes some others. So, is there any energy such that the circle ne…
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.
Study of combinatorial Calabi flow on ideal circle patterns.
problem Finding ideal circle patterns with prescribed curvatures.
method Combinatorial Calabi flow in hyperbolic and Euclidean geometry.
result Flow converges exponentially to ideal circle patterns.
Proves existence of circle patterns on surfaces with cusps.
problem Existence of circle patterns with prescribed angles on surfaces with cusps.
method Introduced combinatorial Ricci and Calabi flows to prove longtime existence and convergence.
result Existence of generalized circle patterns with prescribed angles on surfaces with cusps.