# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August  2013, 7(3): 279-292. doi: 10.3934/amc.2013.7.279

## New nonexistence results for spherical designs

 1 Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 8 G.Bonchev str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 2 Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University, 5 James Bourchier blvd, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

Received  July 2012 Revised  March 2013 Published  July 2013

New nonexistence results for spherical designs of odd strength and odd cardinality are proved by improvements on previously applied polynomial techniques. This implies new bounds on the designs under consideration either in small dimensions and in certain asymptotic process.
Citation: Peter Boyvalenkov, Maya Stoyanova. New nonexistence results for spherical designs. Advances in Mathematics of Communications, 2013, 7 (3) : 279-292. doi: 10.3934/amc.2013.7.279
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