Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >   The amount of points is not the problem. It's their distribution that is
> > (either spatial or mass).

> Then make each point the size of a grain of sand, and you have a really, 
> really good approximation. That's what I mean.

  I think there's some form of miscommunication here. Points have zero
size. That's irrelevant. The relevant thing is their mass and their
distribution.

> >   You can't just put points of equal mass in whichever way you want inside
> > the torus because you easily end up with uneven density. You have to either
> > distribute the points evenly, or scale their masses according to the local
> > point density. That's the problem I'm trying to figure out.

> Right. Not knowing why you want the answer, I was suggesting that you 
> distribute the points evenly and use lots and lots of points.

  I explained it in my first post: I want to make a numerical approximation
of the gravity of a torus, and a way of doing that is to create point masses
inside it.

  Perhaps you should read my first post again. I *want* to get an even
distribution of mass. That's my question: What formula should I use to
get it? I explained the approach in detail, it's just the specifics that
I'm after.

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