REPEL(1)

💅 REPEL(1) — User Commands 💅

manual name: repel — yup bestie, we are in the User Commands section and this page is giving sphere-repelling equilibrium realness ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

repel — equilibrium of points repelling on a sphere

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

repel [options] [input_file]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so repel finds an equilibrium position for a set of points which repel each other. no cap, that is the whole vibe.

Your initial coordinates are read from input_file if given (or from standard input), otherwise use -N to generate a random set. pick your fighter, bestie 🫶

🎀 Options 🎀

the full option menu, zero skips, all facts intact 💅

• -h, --help — drops this help message (run off_util -H help for general help)
• --version — spills the version information
• -N <num> — starts you off with a number of randomly placed points
• -n <itrs> — sets the maximum number of iterations; -1 means unlimited (default: -1)
• -s <perc> — percentage to shorten the travel distance (default: adaptive)
• -r <exp> — the repelling formula is 1/distance^exp (default: 2)
• -l <lim> — minimum change of distance/width_of_model to terminate, written as a negative exponent (default: 12 giving 1e-12)
• -z <nums> — number of iterations between status reports (implies termination check) (0 for final report only, -1 for no report), optionally followed by a comma and the number of iterations between termination checks (0 for report checks only) (default: 1000,1)
• -o <file> — writes output to file (default: write to standard output)

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

The full documentation for repel is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and repel programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info repel

should give you access to the complete manual. go off, Texinfo 📚

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