Thomson problem

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Etymology

The physicist J. J. Thomson posed the problem in 1904.

Proper noun

the Thomson problem

  1. The problem of determining the minimum electrostatic potential energy configuration of a given number of electrons constrained to the surface of a unit sphere that repel each other with a force given by Coulomb's law.