Point configurations that are asymmetric yet balanced

Abstract: A configuration of particles confined to a sphere is balanced if it is in equilibrium under all force laws (that act between pairs of points with strength given by a fixed function of distance). It is straightforward to show that every sufficiently symmetrical configuration is balanced, bu...

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Main Authors: Cohn, Henry (Contributor), Elkies, Noam D. (Author), Kumar, Abhinav (Contributor), Shurmann, Achill (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Mathematical Society, 2011-02-04T13:12:56Z.
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