Thomson problem

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:application modeling electron shells in atoms
gptkbp:describes minimum energy configuration of electrons on a sphere
gptkbp:difficulty NP-hard for large N
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomson problem
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:proposedBy 1904
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Coulomb_potential
mathematical physics
mathematical optimization
sphere packing
electrostatics
Riesz energy
gptkbp:solvedBy small numbers of electrons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thomson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5