Asymptotics for Discrete Weighted Minimal Riesz Energy Problems on Rectifiable Sets

Let $A$ be a compact $d$-rectifiable set embedded in Euclidean space $\RR^p$, $d\le p$. For a given continuous distribution $\sigma(x)$ with respect to $d$-dimensional Hausdorff measure on $A$, our earlier results provided a method for generating $N$-point configurations on $A$ that have asymptotic distribution $\sigma (x)$ as $N\to \infty$; moreover such configurations are "quasi-uniform" in the sense that the ratio of the covering radius to the separation distance is bounde...

We investigate the asymptotic behavior, as $N$ grows, of the largest minimal pairwise distance of $N$ points restricted to an arbitrary compact rectifiable set embedded in Euclidean space, and we find the limit distribution of such optimal configurations. For this purpose, we compare best-packing configurations with minimal Riesz $s$-energy configurations and determine the $s$-th root asymptotic behavior (as $s\to \infty)$ of the minimal energy constants. We show that the u...

For a compact set A in Euclidean space we consider the asymptotic behavior of optimal (and near optimal) N-point configurations that minimize the Riesz s-energy (corresponding to the potential 1/t^s) over all N-point subsets of A, where s>0. For a large class of manifolds A having finite, positive d-dimensional Hausdorff measure, we show that such minimizing configurations have asymptotic limit distribution (as N tends to infinity with s fixed) equal to d-dimensional Hausdorf...

For a closed subset $K$ of a compact metric space $A$ possessing an $\alpha$-regular measure $\mu$ with $\mu(K)>0$, we prove that whenever $s>\alpha$, any sequence of weighted minimal Riesz $s$-energy configurations $\omega_N=\{x_{i,N}^{(s)}\}_{i=1}^N$ on $K$ (for `nice' weights) is quasi-uniform in the sense that the ratios of its mesh norm to separation distance remain bounded as $N$ grows large. Furthermore, if $K$ is an $\alpha$-rectifiable compact subset of Euclidean spa...

For a compact $ d $-dimensional rectifiable subset of $ \mathbb{R}^{p} $ we study asymptotic properties as $ N\to\infty $ of $N$-point configurations minimizing the energy arising from a Riesz $ s $-potential $ 1/r^s $ and an external field in the hypersingular case $ s\geq d$. Formulas for the weak$ ^* $ limit of normalized counting measures of such optimal point sets and the first-order asymptotic values of minimal energy are obtained. As an application, we derive a method ...

For a symmetric kernel $k:X\times X \to \mathbb{R}\cup\{+\infty\}$ on a locally compact Hausdorff space $X$, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of greedy $k$-energy points $\{a_{i}\}_{1}^{\infty}$ for a compact subset $A\subset X$ that are defined inductively by selecting $a_{1}\in A$ arbitrarily and $a_{n+1}$ so that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}k(a_{n+1},a_{i})=\inf_{x\in A}\sum_{i=1}^{n}k(x,a_{i})$. We give sufficient conditions under which these points (also known as Leja points) a...

Combining the ideas of Riesz $s$-energy and $\log$-energy, we introduce the so-called $s,\log^t$-energy. In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic behaviors for $N,t$ fixed and $s$ varying of minimal $N$-point $s,\log^t$-energy constants and configurations of an infinite compact metric space of diameter less than $1$. In particular, we study certain continuity and differentiability properties of minimal $N$-point $s,\log^t$-energy constants in the variable $s$ and we show ...

We investigate separation properties of $N$-point configurations that minimize discrete Riesz $s$-energy on a compact set $A\subset \mathbb{R}^p$. When $A$ is a smooth $(p-1)$-dimensional manifold without boundary and $s\in [p-2, p-1)$, we prove that the order of separation (as $N\to \infty$) is the best possible. The same conclusions hold for the points that are a fixed positive distance from the boundary of $A$ whenever $A$ is any $p$-dimensional set. These estimates extend...

We study the asymptotic equidistribution of points near arbitrary compact sets of positive capacity in $\R^d,\ d\ge 2$. Our main tools are the energy estimates for Riesz potentials. We also consider the quantitative aspects of this equidistribution in the classical Newtonian case. In particular, we quantify the weak convergence of discrete measures to the equilibrium measure, and give the estimates of convergence rates for discrete potentials to the equilibrium potential.

In this paper we introduce several extremal sequences of points on locally compact metric spaces and study their asymptotic properties. These sequences are defined through a greedy algorithm by minimizing a certain energy functional whose expression involves an external field. Some results are also obtained in the context of Euclidian spaces $\mathbb{R}^{p}$, $p\geq 2$. As a particular example, given a closed set $A\subset\mathbb{R}^{p}$, a lower semicontinuous function $f:\m...