| rotorEqual {centrifugeR} | R Documentation |
Balance Tubes of Equal Mass
Description
rotorEqual returns the positions of rotor buckets that must be loaded
or empty to balance tubes of equal mass.
Usage
rotorEqual(n, k, seed = 2019)
Arguments
n |
an integer, the number of rotor buckets. |
k |
an integer, the number of tubes. |
seed |
an integer, the seed for random number generation. Setting a seed
ensures the reproducibility of the result. See |
Details
The number of rotor buckets n ranges from 4 to
48. The number of tubes k must be greater than 0 and
smaller than the number of rotor buckets n.
Value
rotorEqual returns a list with two components:
loaded |
a vector containing the positions of rotor buckets that must be loaded. |
empty |
a vector containing the positions of rotor buckets that must be empty. |
rotorEqual also plots a
schematic diagram of the centrifuge rotor.
References
Sivek G. On vanishing sums of distinct roots of unity. Integers.
2010;10(3):365-8.
Peil O, Hauryliuk V. A new spin on spinning your
samples: balancing rotors in a non-trivial manner. arXiv preprint
arXiv:1004.3671. 2010 Apr 21.
See Also
rotorCheck for checking centrifuge rotors and
rotorUnequal for balancing tubes of unequal mass.