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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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34 Koebe’s Representation Theorem for Planar Graphs 501<br />

G ∗<br />

Fig. 34.1. Graph, dual graph <strong>and</strong> vertex-country incidence graph<br />

By a primal-dual circle packing of G, we mean a system of (circular) discs in<br />

C∪{∞}, each disc corresponding to a vertex of G ∧ , such that the following properties<br />

hold:<br />

(i) The discs corresponding to the vertices of G form a packing such that two discs<br />

touch precisely in case where the corresponding vertices are connected by an<br />

edge of G.<br />

(ii) A disc with centre ∞ is simply the complement in C ∪{∞}of an open disc<br />

with centre 0. Its radius is −ρ where ρ is the radius of the open disc. The discs<br />

corresponding to the vertices of G ∗ or, equivalently, to the countries of G, form<br />

a packing such that two discs touch precisely in case where the corresponding<br />

countries have an edge of G in common.<br />

(iii) Let Dv, Dw be discs corresponding to vertices v,w of G which are connected by<br />

an edge of G <strong>and</strong> Dx, Dy the discs corresponding to the countries of G adjacent<br />

to the edge vw. Then the four discs Dv, Dw, Dx, Dy have a common boundary<br />

point at which the boundary circles of Dv, Dw intersect the boundary circles of<br />

Dx, Dy orthogonally.<br />

A weak primal-dual circle packing of G is defined similarly with the only exception<br />

that there is no disc corresponding to the exterior country of G.<br />

The Extension of Koebe’s Theorem by Brightwell <strong>and</strong> Scheinerman<br />

Following Brightwell <strong>and</strong> Scheinerman [168] <strong>and</strong> Mohar <strong>and</strong> Thomassen [748], we<br />

prove the following refinement of Koebe’s theorem.<br />

Theorem 34.1. Let G be a 3-connected planar graph. Then G admits a primal-dual<br />

circle packing.<br />

Proof. The proof is split into several steps.<br />

In the first step we derive necessary conditions for a primal-dual circle packing<br />

of G.<br />

(1) Let � ρv : v ∈ V(G ′ ) � be the radii of a primal-dual circle packing of G. Then<br />

(i) �<br />

= π for v ∈ V(G ′ ), v ∞ �∈ E(G ∧ ).<br />

vw∈E(G ′ )<br />

arctan ρw<br />

ρv<br />

G ∧

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