Hyperideal circle patterns

DOI10.4310/MRL.2005.V12.N1.A9MaRDI QIDQ1774280zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jean-Marc Schlenker

Publication date 29 April 2005

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407043

zbMATH Keywords

circle packingshyperideal hyperbolic polyhedraincidence graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spherical and hyperbolic convexity (52A55) Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)

Abstract: A ``hyperideal circle pattern in $S^2$ 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. To each hyperideal circle pattern, one can associate an incidence graph and a set of intersection angles. We characterize the possible incidence graphs and intersection angles of hyperideal circle patterns in the sphere, the torus, and in higher genus surfaces. It is a consequence of a more general result, describing the hyperideal circle patterns in the boundaries of geometrically finite hyperbolic 3-manifolds (for the corresponding $C{P}^1$-structures). This more general statement is obtained as a consequence of a theorem of Otal cite{otal,bonahon-otal} on the pleating laminations of the convex cores of geometrically finite hyperbolic manifolds.

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