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Optimization & Lagrange Multipliers · Superchallenge problem

Four points P1,P2,P3,P4P_1, P_2, P_3, P_4 lie on the unit sphere x2+y2+z2=1x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1. Find the largest possible value of the sum of the squares of the six distances ∣PiPj∣|P_iP_j|, 1≤i<j≤41 \le i < j \le 4.