Oymak, HuseyinAlkuwafi, AbdulwahhabElectrical-Electronics Engineering2024-07-052024-07-05201900129-18311793-658610.1142/S01291831195003602-s2.0-85066103847https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129183119500360https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/3339The minimum-energy configurations of N(2 <= N <= 160) identical classical point charges confined within a square under the effect of a Coulombic 1/r potential have been determined by performing steepest-descent simulations. The energies of the final optimized configurations are given, along with their corresponding structural charge distributions. When all systems evolve in time to reach a minimum-energy configuration, local or global, they are all seen to be in quest of symmetry.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCoulombic interactioncharge distributionnumerical optimizationsquareArticle305WOS:000473145400007