A proof of the positive density conjecture for integer apollonian circle packings

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 945-967

  Bourgain, Jean ^a   Fuchs, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollonian packings; Circle method; Number theory; Quadratic forms; Sieve methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959877524     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-2011-00707-8     Document Type: Article

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