On the Construction of Spherical Designs

Authors

  • L.C. Leal Junior
  • V.A. Menegatto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2007.08.03.0423

Abstract

We study special subsets of the unit sphere in Rm, m 2, the socalled spherical designs in the literature. Among other things we introduce a new equivalence for the concept and investigate the construction of designs through rotations of Rm and projections over the equator of the sphere.

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Published

2007-06-01

How to Cite

Leal Junior, L., & Menegatto, V. (2007). On the Construction of Spherical Designs. Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, 8(3), 423–432. https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2007.08.03.0423

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2007)

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