Polynomial Interpolation on the Unit Sphere II

Wolfgang zu Castell, Noemi Lain Fernandez, Yuan Xu

Published 2004-07-27Version 1

The problem of interpolation at $(n+1)^2$ points on the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$ by spherical polynomials of degree at most $n$ is proved to have a unique solution for several sets of points. The points are located on a number of circles on the sphere with even number of points on each circle. The proof is based on a method of factorization of polynomials.