• Circle packing in a circle is a two-dimensional packing problem with the objective of packing unit circles into the smallest possible larger circle. If...
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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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  • Circle packing in a square is a packing problem in recreational mathematics where the aim is to pack n unit circles into the smallest possible square...
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    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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  • squares can be packed into some larger shape, often a square or circle. Square packing in a square is the problem of determining the maximum number of unit...
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    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 new density record...
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    In mathematics, a Ford circle is a circle in the Euclidean plane, in a family of circles that are all tangent to the x {\displaystyle x} -axis at rational...
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    Circle packing – Field of geometry closely arranging circles on a plane Circle packing in a circle – Two-dimensional packing problem Circle packing in...
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    An osculating circle is a circle that best approximates the curvature of a curve at a specific point. It is tangent to the curve at that point and has...
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    mathematics Circle packing in an equilateral triangle is a packing problem in discrete mathematics where the objective is to pack n unit circles into the...
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  • The circles of Apollonius are any of several sets of circles associated with Apollonius of Perga, a renowned Greek geometer. Most of these circles are...
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    the ideas in the circle packing theorem. The related circle packing problem deals with packing circles, possibly of different sizes, on a surface, for...
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    In mathematics, an Apollonian gasket, Apollonian net, or Apollonian circle packing is a fractal generated by starting with a triple of circles, each tangent...
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    2 {\displaystyle C=2} in spherical geometry and C = − 2 {\displaystyle C=-2} in hyperbolic geometry. Circle packing in a circle Euler's four-square identity...
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    sphere packing problems can be generalised to consider unequal spheres, spaces of other dimensions (where the problem becomes circle packing in two dimensions...
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    have been packing stones used to support the larger stones when the circle was constructed and would originally have been buried. Differences in opinion...
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  • to Circle Packing: The Theory of Discrete Analytic Functions is a mathematical monograph concerning systems of tangent circles and the circle packing theorem...
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    In geometry, the Malfatti circles are three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the other two and to two sides of the...
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  • is a generalization of Apollonius' problem, whereas Soddy's hexlet is a generalization of a Steiner chain. Tangent lines to circles Circle packing theorem...
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    In geometry, an Archimedean circle is any circle constructed from an arbelos that has the same radius as each of Archimedes' twin circles. If the arbelos...
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  • An overlapping circles grid is a geometric pattern of repeating, overlapping circles of an equal radius in two-dimensional space. Commonly, designs are...
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    seen as a source of that ice and meat packing moved across the line, creating processing plants and ice house. Gary is on both routes of the Circle Tour...
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  • Melbourne's northern outskirts, and a fresh fruit packing operation in Griffith, New South Wales. Golden Circle manufactures more than 800 products including...
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    In geometry, the Soddy circles of a triangle are two circles associated with any triangle in the plane. Their centers are the Soddy centers of the triangle...
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    In Euclidean plane geometry, Apollonius's problem is to construct circles that are tangent to three given circles in a plane (Figure 1). Apollonius of...
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  • equivalent of the circle packing in a square problem in two dimensions. The problem consists of determining the optimal packing of a given number of spheres...
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    Midsphere (category Circle packing)
    corresponding circles in this circle packing. Every convex polyhedron has a combinatorially equivalent polyhedron, the canonical polyhedron, that does have a midsphere...
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    In geometry, Coxeter's loxodromic sequence of tangent circles is an infinite sequence of circles arranged so that any four consecutive circles in the...
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    double lattice packing shown. In a preprint released in 2016, Thomas Hales and Wöden Kusner announced a proof that this double lattice packing of the regular...
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    Circle packing in a right isosceles triangle is a packing problem where the objective is to pack n unit circles into the smallest possible isosceles right...
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