Title
Experimental Study of Energy-Minimizing Point Configurations on Spheres
Abstract
In this paper we report on massive computer experiments aimed at finding spherical point configurations that minimize potential energy. We present experimental evidence for two new universal optima (consisting of 40 points in 10 dimensions and 64 points in 14 dimensions), as well as evidence that there are no others with at most 64 points. We also describe several other new polytopes, and we present new geometrical descriptions of some of the known universal optima.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1080/10586458.2009.10129052
EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Energy minimization,polytopes,universal optimality
Computer experiment,Topology,Mathematical analysis,Polytope,Potential energy,Stable equilibrium,SPHERES,Mathematics,Energy minimization
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18.0
3.0
1058-6458
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.44
10
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Brandon Ballinger1151.81
Grigoriy Blekherman2474.62
Henry Cohn319220.23
Noah Giansiracusa4122.16
Elizabeth Kelly534132.37
Achill Schürmann6529.17