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A Packing Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R.G. Stanton ,
H. C. Williams  and
C. R. Zarnke
R.G. Stanton
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
H. C. Williams
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
C. R. Zarnke
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
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Consider three externally tangent circles A, B, C, with radii a, b, c, respectively. Let D be the circle which is externally tangent to all three and enclosed by them. Pack circles so that Z1 = D and Zi is externally tangent to A, B, Zi-1.

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Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1967 , pp. 287 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1967

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