A033177 - OEIS

A033177

Number of distinct distances between n electrons in minimal energy configuration on a sphere.

0, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 6, 7, 20, 3, 28, 9, 21, 12, 14, 18, 52, 26, 69, 17, 48, 16, 160, 168

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OFFSET

1,5

COMMENTS

Most of the higher terms of this sequence just refer to the best configurations known today.

How is this defined if the optimal configuration is not unique? - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 27 2009

LINKS

R. H. Hardin, N. J. A. Sloane & W. D. Smith, Table of best configurations presently known, Feb 1994.

EXAMPLE

See Brown's web page in LINKS.

CROSSREFS

KEYWORD

more,nonn

AUTHOR

K. S. Brown (ksbrown(AT)seanet.com)

STATUS

approved