Some results on spaces of packable Riemann surfaces (Q1038532)

Studying circle arrangements implies always the acceptance of a metric, and so one can consider circle packings on any surface with a metric. The authors describe basic properties of circle packings on Riemann surfaces. In addition, two results are proved which refer to the relationships between the prescribed patterns of tangencies, the geometries of surfaces, and their circle packings. The first one is related to the interaction between the pattern of tangencies, the geometry of a surface, and the unique packing on that surface. The second refers to the density of a subclass of packable surfaces with constrained geometries. In particular, it is shown that one can approximate any Riemann surface by a sequence of packable surfaces such that the radii of the circles in the packings admitted on the surfaces tend to zero.