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In this paper several examples of gaps (lacunes) between dimensions of maximal and submaximal symmetric models are considered, which include investigation of number of independent linear and quadratic integrals of metrics and counting the…

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Steady state distribution functions can be used to calculate stability conditions for modes, radiation energy losses, and particle loss rates. Heuristic analytic approximations to these distributions can capture key behaviors of the true…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-09-23 Greta X. Li , Elijah J. Kolmes , Ian E. Ochs , Nathaniel J. Fisch

A Bl-packing is a (branched) circle packing that ``properly covers'' the unit disc. We establish some fundamental properties of such packings. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for their existence, prove their uniqueness, and show…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Tomasz Dubejko

Probabilistic graphical models allow us to encode a large probability distribution as a composition of smaller ones. It is oftentimes the case that we are interested in incorporating in the model the idea that some of these smaller…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Jesus Cerquides

The group ring of the automorphism group of a p-group is studied using the automorphism groups of subgroups and quotient groups of P.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-11-12 John Martino , Stewart Priddy

Computing the similarity between two probability distributions is a recurring theme across control. We introduce a unified family of distances between the probability distributions of two random variables that is based on the discrepancy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-03 Alexandros E. Tzikas , Arec Jamgochian , Nazim Kemal Ure , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , Stephen P. Boyd

A kinematical analysis applied to a sample of galaxy clusters indicates that the differences between the velocity distribution of elliptical and spiral galaxies are associated with the shape of their orbit families. The orbital anisotropies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 A. C. Ramirez , R. E. de Souza

The focus of this paper is on the study of specific circle formations known as orthogonal Pappus chains and the related incidence results that involve points of tangency between the circles in the construction. These chains give rise to new…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Djordje Baralic , Vladimir Bozovic , Nikola Radojicic

Circle packing is widely used in visualization due to its aesthetic appeal and simplicity, particularly in tasks where the spatial arrangement and relationships between data are of interest, such as understanding proximity relationships…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Duan Li , Jun Yuan , Xinyuan Guo , Xiting Wang , Yang Liu , Weikai Yang , Shixia Liu

We study tangential families, i.e. systems of rays emanating tangentially from given curves. We classify, up to Left-Right equivalence, stable singularities of tangential family germs (under deformations among tangential families) and we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gianmarco Capitanio

The article presents the mathematical sequences describing circle packing densities in four different geometric configurations involving a hexagonal lattice based equal circle packing in the Euclidian plane. The calculated sequences take…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Jure Voglar , Aljoša Peperko

We consider the geometry of four spatial displacements, arranged in cyclic order, such that the relative motion between neighbouring displacements is a pure rotation. We compute the locus of points whose homologous images lie on a circle,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Hans-Peter Schröcker

The alignment of clusters of galaxies with their nearest neighbours and between clusters within a supercluster is investigated using simulations of 512^{3} dark matter particles for \LambdaCDM and \tauCDM cosmological models. Strongly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. I. Onuora , P. A. Thomas

We consider the nearest-neighbor spacing distributions of mixed random matrix ensembles interpolating between different symmetry classes, or between integrable and non-integrable systems. We derive analytical formulas for the spacing…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-22 Sebastian Schierenberg , Falk Bruckmann , Tilo Wettig

We present filling as a type of spatial subdivision problem similar to covering and packing. Filling addresses the optimal placement of overlapping objects lying entirely inside an arbitrary shape so as to cover the most interior volume. In…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-04 Carolyn L. Phillips , Joshua A. Anderson , Greg Huber , Sharon C. Glotzer

First geometric calculus alongside its description of equiangular spirals, reflections and rotations is introduced briefly. Then single and double reflections at such a spiral are investigated. It proves suitable to distinguish incidence…

Optics · Physics 2013-06-05 Eckhard Hitzer

Inversive geometry can be used to generate exactly self-similar space-filling sphere packings. We present a construction method in two dimensions and generalize it to search for packings in higher dimensions. We newly discover 29…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-07-29 D. V. Stäger , H. J. Herrmann

In this paper, we present a novel method to draw a circle tangent to three given circles lying on a plane. Using the analytic geometry and inversion (reflection) theorems, the center and radius of the inversion circle are obtained. Inside…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Ahmad Sabihi

Studies of random close packing of spheres have advanced our knowledge about the structure of systems such as liquids, glasses, emulsions, granular media, and amorphous solids. When these systems are confined their structural properties…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-12-17 Kenneth W. Desmond , Eric R. Weeks

In this note, we investigate an infinite one parameter family of circle packings, each with a set of three mutually tangent circles. We use these to generate an infinite set of circle packings with the Apollonian property. That is, every…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-02 Arthur Baragar , Daniel Lautzenheiser