Configurations of cycles and the Apollonius problem

DOI10.1216/RMJM/1020171586MaRDI QIDQ5948878zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Borut Jurcic-Zlobec, Neža Mramor Kosta

Publication date 12 November 2001

Published in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://math.la.asu.edu/~rmmc/rmj/Vol31-2/CONT31-2/CONT31-2.html

zbMATH Keywords

Apollonius problemLie sphere geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lie geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B25) Real and complex geometry (51M99)

Review text

The Apollonius problem of finding a cycle \(C\) (i.e., an oriented circle or plane) tangent to cycles \(C_0,\dots,C_n\) in \(n\)-dimensional Euclidean space is solved by using Lie sphere geometry: If \(\Omega\) is the Lie quadric, \(\perp\) its polarity, and \(\gamma\) the mapping of cycles into \(\Omega\), then \(C\gamma\in C_i\gamma^\perp\) [cf. \textit{H. Behnke} et al., Grundzüge der Mathematik IIB, p.\ 200 (1971; Zbl 0207.00202)]. The authors classify the configuration \(C_0\dots,C_n,C\) by means of the position of the line \(\bigcap C_i\gamma^\perp\) relative to \(\Omega\).

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