The residual set dimension of a generalized apollonian packing

Abstract

We view space-filling circle packings as subsets of the boundary of hyperbolic space subject to symmetry conditions based on a discrete group of isometries. This allows for the application of counting methods which admit rigorous upper and lower bounds on the Hausdorff dimension of the residual set of a generalized Apollonian circle packing. This dimension (which also coincides with a critical exponent) is strictly greater than that of the Apollonian packing.