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The authors present high precision numerical values for the fractal dimensions of Apollonian packing and various space-filling bearings which might have application for mechanical gearworks, for turbulence or for tectonic motion. They find for the simplest Apollonian packing d f =1.305 684+or-0.000 010.
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