Circle Packing Explorations
Proceedings of Bridges 2013: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 399–402
Short Papers
Abstract
Circle packing can be seen as the art of placing tangent circles on the plane, leaving as little unoccupied space as possible. Circle packing is a very attractive field of mathematics, from several points of view. It contains interesting and complex questions, both mathematical and algorithmical, and keeps its properties through a wide range of geometric transformations. There are several ways to obtain and modify circle packing structures, giving rise to an infinity of patterns.