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New Global Minima for Thomson's Problem of Charges on a Sphere
Eric Lewin Altschuler, Antonio Perez-Garrido
Using numerical arguments we find that for = 306 a tetrahedral configuration () and for N=542 a dihedral configuration () are likely the global energy minimum for Tho…
The Number System of the Old European Script
Eric Lewin Altschuler, Nicholas Christenfeld
The oldest (c. 4000 BC) undeciphered language is the Old European Script known from approximately 940 inscribed objects (82% of inscriptions on pottery) found in excavations in the…
First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582)
Eric Lewin Altschuler, William Jansen
We note that the first unambiguous description of the Milk Way as being composed of a large number of discrete stars is in Sonnet 31 of Thomas Watson's (d 1592) Hekatompathia (1582…
Stueckelberg Redux: How Classical Gravity Can Induce Changes in Particle Lifetimes
Eric Lewin Altschuler
ECG Stueckelberg (1905-1984) often published important theories years before those who would receive the Nobel Prize for their discoery. Perhpas other jewels may remain the work of…
Why the 3D Writhe of Ideal Knots and Links Is Quantized and Additive
Eric Lewin Altschuler
Besides mathematical interest, knots and knot theory have important applications in physics, chemistry, and biology. Stasiak and colleagues devised a constructive method for a knot…
Suggestion for a Fast Heuristic for the Hamiltonian Cycle Problem
E. L. Altschuler
Some years ago I demonstrated a simulated annealing heuristic for the Hamiltonian cycle problem (Science 273, 413 (1996)). Here I propose an improved version of this heuristic.