Ford Spheres in the Clifford-Bianchi Setting
Number Theory
2024-11-08 v2
Abstract
We define Ford Spheres in hyperbolic -space associated to Clifford-Bianchi groups for orders in rational Clifford algebras associated to positive definite, integral, primitive quadratic forms. For and these spheres correspond to the classical Ford circles and Ford spheres (these are non-maximal subsets of classical Apollonian packings). We prove the Ford spheres are integral, have disjoint interiors, and intersect tangentially when they do intersect. If we assume that is Clifford-Euclidean then is also connected. We also give connections to Dirichlet's Theorem and Farey fractions. In a discussion section, we pose some questions related to existing packings in the literature.
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@article{arxiv.2409.20529,
title = {Ford Spheres in the Clifford-Bianchi Setting},
author = {Spencer Backman and Taylor Dupuy and Anton Hilado and Veronika Potter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.20529},
year = {2024}
}