A simple scheme for generating nearly uniform distribution of antipodally symmetric points on the unit sphere

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-381

  Koay, Cheng Guan ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipodal symmetry; Deterministic scheme; Uniform distribution on sphere

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC SCHEME; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; POINT SET; SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; THOMSON PROBLEM; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

GEOMETRY;

SPHERES;

EID: 82455212999     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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