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An Introduction to Circle Packings
Student-Run Research Seminar| Speaker: | Matthew Stamps, UC Davis |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Wed, May 7 2008, 12:10PM |
A circle packing is a configuration of circles with prescribed tangencies corresponding to a given triangulation. I will discuss an algorithm for creating circle packings, some basic theorems, and a number of applications where circle packings are used. In particular, I will focus on some interesting properties of circle packings that arise from Penrose tilings.