A probabilistic proof of Thurston's conjecture on circle packings

DOI10.1007/BF02925361zbMath0997.60504OpenAlexW2033865840WikidataQ122917578 ScholiaQ122917578MaRDI QIDQ3840716

Kenneth Stephenson

Publication date: 8 October 1998

Published in: Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico e Fisico di Milano (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02925361

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Geometric function theory (30C99)

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