Minimum energy problem on the hypersphere (Q1692338)

This paper addresses the weighted energy problem for the Newtonian kernel on the unit sphere in \(\mathbb{R}^{d}\), \(d\geq 3\), in the presence of an external field that has rotational symmetry about the polar axis. It describes the support of the extremal measure and provides an explicit formula for the equilibrium density. The author then considers applications to the case of an external field generated by a point charge at the north pole, and to the case of a quadratic external field. This extends earlier work of the author [Anal. Math. Phys. 6, No. 4, 403--424 (2016; Zbl 1360.31005)] for the case where \(d=3\).