Maxwell’s Problem on Point Charges in the Plane

This paper deals with approximating an upper bound for the number of equilibrium points of a potential field produced by point charges in the plane. This is a simplified form of a problem posed by Maxwell [4], who considered spatial configurations of the point charges. Using algebraic techniques, we...

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Main Author: Killian, Kenneth
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2008
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/333
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1332&context=etd