> I need to pack circles into a partial annulus ie part of a larger circle
> bounded by two radii and angles of say 18 & 90.
You might take a look at Descartes Circle Theorem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes'_theorem
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Robin Becker wrote:
> I need to pack circles into a partial annulus ie part of a larger circle
> bounded by two radii [...]
> Circle packing is hard so I'm thinking of using some kind of spring/repulsion
> model to do this.
>
> Has anyone any ideas about h
I need to pack circles into a partial annulus ie part of a larger circle bounded
by two radii and angles of say 18 & 90. The region is described in polar coords
as {(r,theta) | r0<=r<=r1 & theta0<=theta<=theta1}. The circles to be packed
have three different radii, but all
