{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Thomson problem - Newikis","description":"The objective of the Thomson problem is to determine the minimum electrostatic potential energy configuration of N electrons constrained to the surface of a unit sphere that repel each other with a force given by Coulomb's law. The physicist J. J. Thomson posed the problem in 1904 after proposing…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400}