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arXiv · 2505.03056

Asymptotically short generalizations of $t$-design curves

Abstract

Ehler and Gröchenig defined spherical $t$-design curves to be curves whose associated line integrals exactly average all degree at most $t$ polynomials. These authors posed the question of finding spherical $t$-design curves $γ_t$ on $S^d$ of asymptotically optimal arc length $\ell(γ_t)\asymp t^{d-1}$ as $t\to\infty$. This work investigates analogues of this question for $\textit{$\varepsilon_t$-approximate}$ and $\textit{weighted $t$-design curves}$, proving existence of such curves on $S^d$ achieving this asymptotic arc length for odd $d\in\Bbb N_+$ in the approximate setting (where $\varepsilon_t\asymp1/t$ as $t\to\infty$) and all $d\in\Bbb N_+$ in the weighted setting (where these curves have weight functions which are strictly positive at all but finitely many points). Formulas for such weighted $t$-design curves for $d\in\{2,3\}$ are presented.

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Ayodeji Lindblad. 2026-08-09. Asymptotically short generalizations of $t$-design curves. https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03056

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