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89.55 Integral Apollonian circle packings and touching sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Paul Stephenson*
Affiliation:
The Magic Mathworks Travelling Circus, Old Coach House, Penypwllau, Holywell CH8 8HB, e-mail:Stephenson@mathcircus.demon.co.uk

Abstract

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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2005

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References

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4. The author has chosen what he considers the most interesing properties of the set (0, 0, 1, 1) and made them the subject of a 6-part problem suitable for sixth-formers. He is happy to supply this gratis in hard copy.Google Scholar