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Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? [message #41533 is a reply to message #41449]

Fri, 29 October 2004 11:00

jeyadev
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In article <cb539436.0410290651.698f65f@posting.google.com>,
Rob Dimeo <robert.dimeo@nist.gov> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create (n+1) equidistant points on an n-dimensional
> sphere. The initial information provided is the center of the sphere,
> the radius, and *any* point on the sphere. From that you need to find
> the coordinates for the remaining n points. As a simple example,
> three equidistant points on a 2-dimensional sphere (a circle), can be
> located 120 degrees apart. Any hints on how to do this in general for
> n-dimensions?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Rob

Munge around in sci.math.num-analysis and sci.match. Or even
alt.math.recreational. It should be in the archives. Turns up
now and then.

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		equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: robert.dimeo on Fri, 29 October 2004 07:51
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: robert.dimeo on Mon, 01 November 2004 05:34
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: jeyadev on Fri, 29 October 2004 11:00
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: James Kuyper on Fri, 29 October 2004 10:18
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: James Kuyper on Fri, 29 October 2004 10:24
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: James Kuyper on Fri, 29 October 2004 09:52
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 29 October 2004 09:40
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: tam on Fri, 29 October 2004 09:10
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: Matt Feinstein on Fri, 29 October 2004 08:53
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 29 October 2004 08:29
		Re: equally spaced points on a hypersphere? By: Matt Feinstein on Fri, 29 October 2004 08:16

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