Uniformizing dessins and Belyǐ maps via circle packing

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 170, Issue 805, 2004, Pages

  Bowers, Philip L ^a   Stephenson, Kenneth ^a  

^a AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circle packing; Conformal subdivision; Dessins d'enfants; Hexagonal refinement

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EID: 2642526269     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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