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Lubachevsky–Stillinger algorithm
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<p>Lubachevsky-Stillinger (compression) algorithm (LS algorithm, LSA, or LS protocol) is a numerical procedure suggested by <a href="/facts/F._H._Stillinger/Mh50Abp9">F. H. Stillinger</a> and Boris D. Lubachevsky that simulates or imitates a physical process of compressing an assembly of hard particles. As the LSA may need thousands of arithmetic operations even for a few particles, it is usually carried out on a computer.</p>