A geometric study of circle packings and ideal class groups

DOI10.1007/S00454-024-00638-WMaRDI QIDQ6391781zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Daniel E. Martin

Publication date 21 February 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00454-024-00638-W

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39) Quadratic extensions (11R11) Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29) Geometric group theory (20F65) Linear algebraic groups over global fields and their integers (20G30) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40) Circle packings and discrete conformal geometry (52C26)

Abstract: A family of fractal arrangements of circles is introduced for each imaginary quadratic field $K$. Collectively, these arrangements contain (up to an affine transformation) every set of circles in the extended complex plane with integral curvatures and Zariski dense symmetry group. When that set is a circle packing, we show how the ambient structure of our arrangement gives a geometric criterion for satisfying the almost local-global principle. Connections to the class group of $K$ are also explored. Among them is a geometric property that guarantees certain ideal classes are group generators.

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