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7 - Point sets of minimal energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2014

Peter J. Grabner
Affiliation:
Technische Universität, Graz
Gerhard Larcher
Affiliation:
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Friedrich Pillichshammer
Affiliation:
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Arne Winterhof
Affiliation:
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz
Chaoping Xing
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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