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- From: scotj@pinet.aip.org (scot_shinderman)
- Subject: Points on Sphere
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.184545.18912@pinet.aip.org>
- Organization: American Institute of Physics
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 18:45:45 GMT
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- Given n points that exist on the unit sphere in 3-space (s2), what is
- their distribution such that the sum of distances from each other is
- maximized.
- | Pn | = 1.0;
- maximize sum(j = 1,n) sum(i = 1,n) | Pi - Pj |
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- any ideas? If the points are considered charges, does the answer
- correspond to a point of equilibrium?
- - thanks!
- - scot shinderman (scotj@aip.org)
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