Estimating the number of stable configurations for the generalized Thomson problem

DOI10.1007/s10955-015-1245-6zbMath1321.49074arXiv1504.00637OpenAlexW3099897285MaRDI QIDQ2516105

Alexia Schulz, Matthew T. Calef, Whitney Griffiths

Publication date: 10 August 2015

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00637

zbMATH Keywords

many-body systemsstable configurationsgeneralized Thomson problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Newton-type methods (49M15) Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry (65D18) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10)

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Thomson problem in one dimension: minimal energy configurations of \(N\) charges on a curve, Efficient Spherical Designs with Good Geometric Properties

Uses Software

• Qhull

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