A variational characterisation of spherical designs

Journal of Approximation Theory

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 308-318

  Sloan, Ian H ^a   Womersley, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mesh norm; Spherical design; Variational characterisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949158512     PISSN: 00219045     EISSN: 10960430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jat.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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