Well-distributed great circles on S^2

DOI10.1007/S00454-018-9994-ZzbMATH Open1395.52030arXiv1607.03805OpenAlexW2962936891MaRDI QIDQ724943FDOQ724943

Authors: Stefan Steinerberger 

Publication date: 26 July 2018

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $C_1,dots,C_n$ denote the $1/n-$neighborhood of $n$ great circles on $mathbb{S}^2$. We are interested in how much these areas have to overlap and prove the sharp bounds ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{i, j = 1 atop i eq j}^{n}{|C_i cap C_j|^s} gtrsim_s �egin{cases} n^{2 - 2s} qquad &mbox{if}~0 leq s < 2 \ n^{-2} log{n} qquad &mbox{if}~s = 2\ n^{1- 3s/2} qquad &mbox{if}~s > 2. end{cases} .${\displaystyle }$ For $s=1$ there are arrangements for which the sum of mutual overlap is uniformly bounded (for the analogous problem in $mathbb{R}^2$ the lower bound is $gtrsimlogn$) and there are strong connections to minimal energy configurations of $n$ charged electrons on $mathbb{S}^2$ (the J. J. Thomson problem).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.03805

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zbMATH Keywords

Riesz energyintersection of great circlesminimal overlapThomson problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Erd?s problems and related topics of discrete geometry (52C10) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35) Potentials and capacity, harmonic measure, extremal length and related notions in two dimensions (31A15)

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