Absolute minima of potentials of certain regular spherical configurations

DOI10.1016/J.JAT.2023.105930arXiv2210.04295MaRDI QIDQ6093300FDOQ6093300

Authors: Sergiy Borodachov 

Publication date: 6 September 2023

Published in: Journal of Approximation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use methods of approximation theory to find the absolute minima on the sphere of the potential of spherical $(2m-3)$-designs with a non-trivial index $2m$ that are contained in a union of $m$ parallel hyperplanes, $mgeq2$, whose locations satisfy certain additional assumptions. The interaction between points is described by a function of the dot product, which has positive derivatives of orders $2m-2$, $2m-1$, and $2m$. This includes the case of the classical Coulomb, Riesz, and logarithmic potentials as well as a completely monotone potential of the distance squared. We illustrate this result by showing that the absolute minimum of the potential of the set of vertices of the icosahedron on the unit sphere $S^2$ in $mathbb{R}^3$ is attained at the vertices of the dual dodecahedron and the one for the set of vertices of the dodecahedron is attained at the vertices of the dual icosahedron. The absolute minimum of the potential of the configuration of $240$ minimal vectors of $E_8$ root lattice normalized to lie on the unit sphere $S^7$ in $mathbb{R}^8$ is attained at a set of $2160$ points on $S^7$ which we describe.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.04295

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zbMATH Keywords

interpolationicosahedronRiesz potentialorthogonal polynomialsGegenbauer polynomialsCoulomb potentialspherical designdodecahedron\(E_8\) lattice\(2_{41}\) polytopeextrema of a potentialnon-trivial index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other designs, configurations (05B30) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Basic orthogonal polynomials and functions (Askey-Wilson polynomials, etc.) (33D45) Interpolation in approximation theory (41A05) Higher-dimensional potential theory (31B99)

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