Nonexistence of certain spherical designs of odd strengths and cardinalities
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Nonexistence of certain spherical designs of odd strengths and cardinalities
zbMATH Open document ID: 0921.05016
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009406
published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry
publication date: 1999-03-30T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(C\) be a finite nonempty subset of the Euclidean sphere \(S^{n-1}\). \(C\) is called a spherical \(T\)-design if, for all polynomials \(f\) of degree \(\leq T\), the average of \(f\) over the set is equal to the average of \(f\) over the sphere \(S^{n-1}\). The following lower bound on \(B(n,T)\), the minimum possible cardinality of a \(T\)-design on \(S^{n-1}\), is well known: \[ B(n,T)\geq R(n,T)=\begin{cases} {n+e-1\choose n-1} +{n+e-2\choose n-1} \quad & \text{if }T=2e;\\ 2{n+e-1 \choose n-1}\quad & \text{if }T= 2e+1.\end{cases} \] This paper deals primarily with the nonexistence of certain spherical designs with odd strengths and cardinalities. Necessary conditions for the existence of designs of odd strengths and cardinalities are presented which lead to nonexistence results in numerous cases. Designs with \(T=3\) and \(T=5\) are discussed in detail leading to the following results: Result I. There does not exist any spherical 3-design on \(S^{n-1}\) with \(R(n,3)+k=2n+k\) for all odd \(k<(2^{1\over 3}-1)n+p\) where \(p\approx 0.30018\). Results II. There exists no special 5-design on \(S^{n-1}\) with \(R(n,5)+k=n^2+n+k\) for all odd \(k<n^2 (2^{1\over 5}-1)/2+p_1n+p_2n\) where \(p_1\approx 0.0428\) and \(p_2\approx 0.0428\). Also the nonexistence of spherical 3-designs with seven points on \(S^2\) and 5-designs with 13 points on \(S^2\) is given. For situations where the nonexistence argument does not work, bounds on the minimum distance of such designs are presented.
reviewed by: D. V. Chopra
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05B30
zbMATH DE Number: 1271014
zbMATH Keywords: spherical designs
zbMATH Keywords: existence
zbMATH Keywords: nonexistence
author: Peter Boyvalenkov
author: Danyo Danev
author: Svetla Nikova
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: pl00009406
OpenAlex ID: W1997946854
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