It is suggested that solutions to micromagnetic problems could be obtained
more quickly by enumerating equilibrium states, An outline of how to enumer
ate states is given. The details of these states still need to be calculate
d micromagnetically. However, vortices interact with one another via force
laws. To obtain a good initial state, we examine how vortices interact with
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