@article {IOPORT.05903201,
    author       = {Armentano, Diego and Beltr\'an, Carlos and Shub, Michael},
    title        = {Minimizing the discrete logarithmic energy on the sphere: the role of random polynomials.},
    year         = {2011},
    journal      = {Transactions of the American Mathematical Society},
    volume       = {363},
    number       = {6},
    issn         = {0002-9947},
    pages        = {2955-2965},
    publisher    = {American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI},
    doi          = {10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05243-8},
    abstract     = {Let $$V_N = \min \bigg\{ - \sum_{1 < i < j < N}\log \| x_i - x_j \| : x_i \in\mathbb{R}^3, \|x_i\| =1\bigg \}.$$ The authors give an approximate value for $V_N$ using zeros of special random polynomials.},
    reviewer     = {Anatoly Filip Grishin (Khar'kov)},
    identifier   = {05903201},
}