Position N circles of different radii inside a larger circle without overlapping

Question

Given n circles with radii r1 ... rn, position them in such a way that no circles are overlapping and the bounding circle is of \"small\" radius.

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Answer 1

Sounds like a Circle Packing problem, here is some information:

• Circle Packing Wolfram MathWorld
• Circle Packing Algorithms Google Scholar
• CirclePack software