Computing distance distributions of spherical designs (Q1899412)

Distance distributions of a class of spherical designs and codes are given. It is shown that there exist no tight spherical 4- and 5-designs in dimensions \(n= 4k^2- 3\) and \(n= 4k^2- 2\) respectively. It is also demonstrated that the spherical 4-design on \(s^5\) is unique up to isometry which in turn will imply the uniqueness of the tight spherical 5-design on \(s^6\). It is suggested that the arguments presented here can be used to prove other similar uniqueness results.