A new proof for the residual set dimension of the apollonian packing

Abstract

AbstractLet (Dn) be the apollonian packing of a curvilinear triangle T, ρn the radius of Dn, E = T—U Dn the residual set, dim (E) its Hausdorff dimension. In this paper we give a new proof of the equality dim proved by Boyd [2]. Our technique is to construct a sequence of regular triangles covering E, and suitable measures μkcarried by E which allow us to apply a density theorem.