On a Diophantine equation that generates all integral Apollonian gaskets (Q415743): Difference between revisions

Apollonian disk packing (or Apollonian gasket) is a pattern obtained as follows. One starts with three mutually tangent circles such that one of them contains the other two and then recursively inscribes new circles in the curvilinear triangular regions between circles. It turns out that there exists an infinite number of integral Apollonian packings, where the curvature of every circle/disk is an integer. All Apollonian integral gaskets are generated by a certain Diophantine quadratic equation. The author shows a new deviation of this formula based on inversive geometry. Additionally, the relation to Pythagorean triples in such gaskets is discussed.