Universally optimal distribution of points on spheres

DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-06-00546-7zbMath1198.52009arXivmath/0607446OpenAlexW3103274847WikidataQ106812488 ScholiaQ106812488MaRDI QIDQ3420216

Henry Cohn, Abhinav Kumar

Publication date: 1 February 2007

Published in: Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607446

zbMATH Keywords

spherical designs spherical codes sphere packing potential energy minimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Multidimensional problems (41A63) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)

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