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Discrete Riemann Maps and the Parabolicity of Tilings

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dc.contributor Mathematics
dc.contributor Floyd, William J.
dc.contributor Thomson, James E.
dc.contributor McCoy, Robert A.
dc.contributor Linnell, Peter A.
dc.contributor Haskell, Peter E.
dc.creator Repp, Andrew S.
dc.date 2014-03-14T20:21:56Z
dc.date 2014-03-14T20:21:56Z
dc.date 1998-05-04
dc.date 1998-05-04
dc.date 1999-05-14
dc.date 1998-05-14
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-28T18:20:49Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-28T18:20:49Z
dc.identifier etd-41398-14113
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30512
dc.identifier http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-41398-14113/
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/269647
dc.description The classical Riemann Mapping Theorem has many discrete analogues. One of these, the Finite Riemann Mapping Theorem of Cannon, Floyd, Parry, and others, describes finite tilings of quadrilaterals and annuli. It relates to several combinatorial moduli, similar in nature to the classical modulus. The first chapter surveys some of these discrete analogues. The next chapter considers appropriate extensions to infinite tilings of half-open quadrilaterals and annuli. In this chapter we prove some results about combinatorial moduli for such tilings. The final chapter considers triangulations of open topological disks. It has been shown that one can classify such triangulations as either parabolic or hyperbolic, depending on whether an associated combinatorial modulus is infinite or finite. We obtain a criterion for parabolicity in terms of the degrees of vertices that lie within a specified distance of a given base vertex.
dc.description Ph. D.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.publisher Virginia Tech
dc.relation dissertation.pdf
dc.rights In Copyright
dc.rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject Tilings
dc.subject Parabolic
dc.subject Modulus
dc.subject Riemann Map
dc.title Discrete Riemann Maps and the Parabolicity of Tilings
dc.type Dissertation


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