Patterns Formed by Coins
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Publication:6081172
DOI10.5642/JHUMMATH.201602.08zbMATH Open1522.52034arXiv1304.2803OpenAlexW2108756750MaRDI QIDQ6081172FDOQ6081172
Authors: Andrey M. Mishchenko 
Publication date: 25 October 2023
Published in: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: This article is a gentle introduction to the mathematical area known as circle packing, the study of the kinds of patterns that can be formed by configurations of non-overlapping circles. The first half of the article is an exposition of the two most important facts about circle packings, (1) that essentially whatever pattern (i.e. combinatorics) we ask for, we may always arrange circles in that pattern, and (2) that under simple conditions on the pattern, there is an essentially unique arrangement of circles in that pattern. In the second half of the article, we consider related questions, but where we allow the circles to overlap. The article is written with the idea that no mathematical background should be required to read it.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.2803
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