rotorCheck: Check Centrifuge Rotors

In centrifugeR: Non-Trivial Balance of Centrifuge Rotors

Check Centrifuge Rotors

Description

rotorCheck returns the numbers of tubes that can and cannot be loaded in a single operation.

Usage

rotorCheck(n, k = NULL)

Arguments

n	an integer, the number of rotor buckets.
k	an integer, the number of tubes.

Details

The number of rotor buckets n ranges from 4 to 48.

If k is specified, rotorCheck will check whether the input number of tubes can be loaded or not.

Value

rotorCheck returns a list with two components:

valid	a vector containing the numbers of tubes that can be loaded.
invalid	a vector containing the numbers of tubes that cannot be loaded.

References

Sivek G. On vanishing sums of distinct roots of unity. Integers. 2010;10(3):365-8.

See Also

rotorEqual for balancing tubes of equal mass and rotorUnequal for balancing tubes of unequal mass.

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