Variational principles for circle patterns and Koebe’s theorem

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03239-2zbMath1044.52009arXivmath/0203250MaRDI QIDQ4433112

Alexander Ivanovich Bobenko, Boris A. Springborn

Publication date: 29 October 2003

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0203250

zbMATH Keywords

circle patterns Steinitz's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15) Circle packings and discrete conformal geometry (52C26)

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