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Spherical Covering


The placement of n points on a sphere so as to minimize the maximum distance of any point on the sphere from the closest one of the n points.


See also

Spherical Code, Spherical Design

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References

Hardin, R. H.; Sloane, N. J. A. S.; and Smith, W. D. Spherical Codes. In preparation. http://www.research.att.com/~njas/coverings/.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Spherical Covering." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalCovering.html

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