Thomson problem

English

Etymology

The physicist J. J. Thomson posed the problem in 1904.

Proper noun

the Thomson problem

  1. The problem of determining the minimum electrostatic potential energy configuration of a given number of electrons constrained to the surface of a unit sphere that repel each other with a force given by Coulomb's law.
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