Apollonian circle packings: Geometry and group theory I. The apollonian group

Discrete and Computational Geometry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-585

  Graham, Ronald L ^a   Lagarias, Jeffrey C ^b   Mallows, Colin L ^c   Wilks, Allan R ^d   Yan, Catherine H ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AVAYA LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 30644467650     PISSN: 01795376     EISSN: 14320444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00454-005-1196-9     Document Type: Article

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