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Descartes Circle Theorem, Steiner Porism, and Spherical Designs

Richard Evan SchwartzDepartment of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI02912, USA, [email protected]View further author information
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Serge TabachnikovDepartment of Mathematics, Penn State University, University Park, PA16802, USA, [email protected]ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-7820View further author information
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Pages 238-248 | Received 19 Nov 2018, Accepted 21 Mar 2019, Published online: 24 Feb 2020

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