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The determination of the optimal transformation to superpose two sets of points has many applications to the analysis of structures of proteins and nucleic acids. A new formulation of this problem is presented, which reduces it to the unconstrained maximization of a function of a single variable. This method is currently being applied in investigations of common substructures of proteins.
Arthur M. Lesk (Sat,) studied this question.