Polyhedra whose vertices are equivalent and have an extreme distribution on the same sphere.
[size=85][color=#333333] For a given number of [b]n[/b] particles on the sphere we calculate coordinates of convex polyhedra whose [b]vertices[/b] lie on the same sphere, have an extreme distribution and select those whose vertices are equivalent to each other.[br] By [i]extreme distributions[/i], we mean the distribution of points on the sphere that correspond to the [b]local extrema (maxima) of Distance Sum[/b]. The sum of distances is measured by summing all the segments connecting each possible combination of 2 points. [b]The "measure" of this distribution is the average distance between particles on the unit sphere(p[sub]n[/sub]).[/b] The method of Lagrange multipliers is used to find the extreme distributions of particles on a sphere:[br]https://www.geogebra.org/m/pjaqednw, https://www.geogebra.org/m/puqnepmv, https://www.geogebra.org/m/rcm4ayek[/color][/size]
[i][size=85]n=4: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/bhjrekg5]Tetrahedron[/url]; [br]n=6: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/bnymhqwa]Octahedron[/url]; [br]n=8: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/vwx4ubyg]Cube[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/kwyq48gc]Square Antiprism[/url]; [br]n=12: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/nzz9tsgn]Icosahedron[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/cpam8yvx]Cuboctahedron[/url],T[url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/rhhxz9v9]runcated Tetrahedron[/url]; [br]n=20: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/upsdws6c]Dodecahedron[/url]; [br]n=24: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/mwzudusy]Biscribed Snub Cube[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/mfjzdguf]Truncated Cube[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/ysudgda3]Biscribed Truncated Octahedron[/url];[br]n=30: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/f5z2c5x4]Icosidodecahedron[/url]; [br]n=48: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/hbfeezeb]Biscribed Truncated Cuboctahedron[/url];[br]n=60: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/uekbrkq3]Biscribed Snub Dodecahedron[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/ufxkrwur]Rhombicosidodecahedron[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/ga6mbuvh]Biscribed Truncated Icosahedron[/url], [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/ezz6nedt]Truncated Dodecahedron[/url];[br]n=120: [url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/rzqaujc4]Biscribed Truncated Icosidodecahedron[/url].[/size][/i]