Sums of distances between points on a sphere
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Abstract:
An upper bound for the sum of the $\lambda$th powers of all distances determined by N points on a unit sphere is given for $0 \leqq \lambda \leqq 1$.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 35 (1972), 547-549
- MSC: Primary 52A40
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0303418-3
- MathSciNet review: 0303418