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Combinatorics encoding geometry: the legacy of Bill Thurston in the story of one theorem

Geometric Topology 2020-08-31 v1

Abstract

This article presents a whirlwind tour of some results surrounding the Koebe-Andre'ev-Thurston Theorem, Bill Thurston's seminal circle packing theorem that appears in Chapter 13 of The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds. It will appear as a chapter in the volume: In the tradition of Thurston: geometry and topology (ed. K. Ohshika and A. Papadopoulos), Springer, 2020.

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@article{arxiv.2008.12357,
  title  = {Combinatorics encoding geometry: the legacy of Bill Thurston in the story of one theorem},
  author = {Philip L. Bowers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.12357},
  year   = {2020}
}

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73 pages, 10 figures