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Jul 25 at 23:07 answer added Don Hatch timeline score: 2
Apr 13, 2017 at 12:58 history edited CommunityBot
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Oct 1, 2016 at 23:57 history edited Joseph O'Rourke CC BY-SA 3.0
Contrast 3D with 2D.
Oct 1, 2016 at 12:25 history edited Joseph O'Rourke CC BY-SA 3.0
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Oct 1, 2016 at 11:24 vote accept Joseph O'Rourke
Sep 30, 2016 at 23:12 answer added Joseph O'Rourke timeline score: 4
Sep 30, 2016 at 19:20 comment added Dan Piponi Just as an aside, I thought I'd mention that this problem reminds me a little of the polywell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell
Sep 30, 2016 at 16:05 answer added Robert Israel timeline score: 17
Sep 30, 2016 at 14:17 history edited Joseph O'Rourke CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 30, 2016 at 13:37 comment added fedja I think it should rather maximize the minimal potential on the sphere (which is the weakest spot in the net you can try to reach with given kinetic energy). Technically speaking, it shouldn't be even on the sphere itself but slightly inside, but all those configurations for the large number of electrons are essentially the same and not known exactly anyway.
Sep 30, 2016 at 11:36 history asked Joseph O'Rourke CC BY-SA 3.0