Discrete weighted cubic splines

This paper presents methods for shape preserving spline interpolation. These methods are based on discrete weighted cubic splines. The analysis results in two algorithms with automatic selection of the shape control parameters: one to preserve the data monotonicity and other to retain the data convexity. Discrete weighted cubic B-splines and control point approximation are also considered.     

Cubic spline for a class of singular two-point boundary value problems

In this paper we have presented a method based on cubic splines for solving a class of singular two-point boundary value problems. The original differential equation is modified at the singular point then the boundary value problem is treated by using cubic spline approximation. The tridiagonal system resulting from the spline approximation is efficiently solved by Thomas algorithm. Some model problems are solved, and the numerical results are compared with exact solution.     

A multinomial spline approximation scheme using spline quasi-interpolants

This paper presents a multinomial spline approximation scheme based on spline quasi-interpolants. The scheme can be considered as an extension of the usual Bernstein approximation for complex exponentials. Error estimates and numerical examples are given to show that this new scheme could produce highly accurate results.     

Stability of spline approximation methods for multidimensional pseudodifferential operators

The present paper provides stability considerations of spline approximation methods for multidimensional singular operators. This paper should be regarded as a first step in establishing spline approximation methods for pseudodifferential operators on manifolds.     

Applications of optimally local interpolation to interpolatory approximants and compactly supported wavelets

The objective of this paper is to introduce a general scheme for the construction of interpolatory approximation formulas and compactly supported wavelets by using spline functions with arbitrary (nonuniform) knots. Both construction procedures are based on certain ``optimally local' interpolatory fundamental spline functions which are not required to possess any approximation property.

     

Error bounds for spline-based quadrature methods for strongly singular integrals

For the numerical evaluation of finite-part integrals with singularities of order p ⩾ 1, we give error bounds for quadrature methods based on spline approximation. These bounds behave in the same way as the optimal ones. The ideas of the proof are also useful for methods based on other approximation processes.     

Uniform Approximation by the Highest Defect Continuous Polynomial Splines: Necessary and Sufficient Optimality Conditions and Their Generalisations

In this paper necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for uniform approximation of continuous functions by polynomial splines with fixed knots are derived. The obtained results are generalisations of the existing results obtained for polynomial approximation and polynomial spline approximation. The main result is two-fold. First, the generalisation of the existing results to the case when the degree of the polynomials, which compose polynomial splines, can vary from one subinterval to another. Second, the construction of necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for polynomial spline approximation with fixed values of the splines at one or both borders of the corresponding approximation interval.     

Direct and iterative methods for the numerical solution of mixed integral equations

In this paper we analyze and compare two classical methods to solve Volterra–Fredholm integral equations. The first is a collocation method; the second one is a fixed point method. Both of them are proposed on a particular class of approximating functions. Precisely the first method is based on a linear spline class approximation and the second one on Schauder linear basis. We analyze some problems of convergence and we propose some remarks about the peculiarities and adaptability of both methods. Numerical results complete the work.     

二元三次样条空间S31,2(Δmn(2)) 的样条拟插值

本文首先利用由两组具有局部最小支集的样条所组成的基函数,构造非均匀2 型三角剖分上二元三次样条空间S₃^1,2(Δ_mn⁽²⁾)的若干样条拟插值算子. 这些变差缩减算子由样条函数B_ij¹支集上5 个网格点或中心和样条函数B_ij²支集上5 个网格点处函数值定义. 这些样条拟插值算子具有较好的逼近性,甚至算子V_mn（f） 能保持近最优的三次多项式性. 然后利用连续模,分析样条拟插值算子V_mn（f）一致逼近于充分光滑的实函数. 最后推导误差估计.     

A uniformly convergent hybrid scheme for singularly perturbed system of reaction-diffusion Robin type boundary-value problems

This paper deals with the study on system of reaction diffusion differential equations for Robin or mixed type boundary value problems (MBVPs). A cubic spline approximation has been used to obtain the difference scheme for the system of MBVPs, on a piecewise uniform Shishkin mesh defined in the whole domain. It has been shown that our proposed scheme, i.e., central difference approximation for outer region with cubic spline approximation for inner region of boundary layers, leads to almost second order parameter uniform convergence whereas the standard method i.e., the forward-backward approximation for mixed boundary conditions with central difference approximation inside the domain leads to almost first order convergence on Shishkin mesh. Numerical results are provided to show the efficiency and accuracy of these methods.     

Spline fitting discontinuous functions given just a few Fourier coefficients

This paper considers the use of polynomial splines to approximate periodic functions with jump discontinuities of themselves and their derivatives when the information consists only of the first few Fourier coefficients and the location of the discontinuities. Spaces of splines are introduced which include, members with discontinuities at those locations. The main results deal with the orthogonal projection of such a spline space on spaces of trigonometric polynomials corresponding to the known coefficients. An approximation is defined based on inverting this projection. It is shown that when discontinuities are sufficiently far apart, the projection is invertible, its inverse has norm close to 1, and the approximation is nearly as good as directL ₂ approximation by members of the spline space. An example is given which illustrates the results and which is extended to indicate how the approximation technique may be used to provide smoothing which which accurately represents discontinuities.     

几种有理插值函数的逼近性质

1　引　　言在曲线和曲面设计中,样条插值是有用的和强有力的工具.不少作者已经研究了很多种类型的样条插值[1,2,3,4].近些年来,有理插值样条,特别是三次有理插值样条,以及它们在外型控制中的应用,已有了不少工作[5,6,7].有理插值样条的表达式中有某些参数,正是由于这些参数,有理插值样条在外型控制中充分显示了它的灵活性;但也正是由于这些参数,使它的逼近性质的研究增加了困难.因此,关于有理插值样条的逼近性质的研究很少见诸文献.本文在第二节首先叙述几种典型的有理插值样条,其中包括分母为一次、二次的三次有理插值样条和仅基于函数值…     

Spline methods in geodetic approximation problems

This paper is concerned with spline methods in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space consisting of functions defined and harmonic in the outer space of a regular surface (e.g. sphere, ellipsoid, telluroid, geoid, (regularized) earth's surface). Spline methods are used to solve interpolation and smoothing problems with respect to a (fundamental) system of linear functional giving information about earth's gravity field. Best approximations to linear functionals are discussed. The spline of interpolation is characterized as the spline of best approximation in the sense of an appropriate (energy) norm.     

Dynamic programming and bicubic spline interpolation

Dynamic programming techniques were used to obtain the spline approximation for a function with prescribed values on the knot points along a line. Extending this procedure to two dimensions, the bicubic spline approximation defined over a two-dimensional region is obtained in this paper employing the methods of dynamic programming. A regular rectangular region as well as a region with irregular boundaries can be handled by this method, avoiding the difficulties of large storage and high dimensionality.     

W_2~m空间中样条插值算子与线性泛函的最佳逼近

In this paper,the convergency of spline interpolation operators is obtained,these spline operators are determined by linear differential operators and constraint functionals.The errors of the interpolating spline with EHB fanctionals are estimated.The best approximation of linear functionals on W2^n spaces are investigated,which let to a useful computational method for the approximation solution of higher order linear differential equations with multipoint boundary value conditions.     

Characterization Theorem for Best Polynomial Spline Approximation with Free Knots,Variable Degree and Fixed Tails

In this paper, we derive a necessary condition for a best approximation by piecewise polynomial functions of varying degree from one interval to another. Based on these results, we obtain a characterization theorem for the polynomial splines with fixed tails, that is the value of the spline is fixed in one or more knots (external or internal). We apply nonsmooth nonconvex analysis to obtain this result, which is also a necessary and sufficient condition for inf-stationarity in the sense of Demyanov–Rubinov. This paper is an extension of a paper where similar conditions were obtained for free tails splines. The main results of this paper are essential for the development of a Remez-type algorithm for free knot spline approximation.     

Comparison of Radial Basis Functions

A survey of algorithms for approximation of multivariate functions with radial basis function (RBF) splines is presented. Algorithms of interpolating, smoothing, selecting the smoothing parameter, and regression with splines are described in detail. These algorithms are based on the feature of conditional positive definiteness of the spline radial basis function. Several families of radial basis functions generated by means of conditionally completely monotone functions are considered. Recommendations for the selection of the spline basis and preparation of initial data for approximation with the help of the RBF spline are given.     

Quadratic spline interpolation with coinciding interpolation and spline grids

In this paper the quadratic spline interpolation with coinciding interpolation and spline grids for continuous functions is considered. The theorems mainly concern error estimations which allow to formulate a convergence statement. To get such results it is assumed that the function to be interpolated is suitably smooth or possesses a special behavior. A best approximation property and a statement about the solution of boundary value problems using quadratic spline functions are added.     

High accuracy cubic spline finite difference approximation for the solution of one-space dimensional non-linear wave equations

In this paper, we propose a new three-level implicit nine point compact cubic spline finite difference formulation of order two in time and four in space directions, based on cubic spline approximation in x-direction and finite difference approximation in t-direction for the numerical solution of one-space dimensional second order non-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations. We describe the mathematical formulation procedure in details and also discuss how our formulation is able to handle wave equation in polar coordinates. The proposed method when applied to a linear hyperbolic equation is also shown to be unconditionally stable. Numerical results are provided to justify the usefulness of the proposed method.     

Local spline approximation methods for singular product integration

The purpose of this paper is to propose and study local spline approximation methods for singular product integration, for which; i) the precision degree is the highest possible using spline approximation; ii) the nodes can be assumed equal to arbitrary points, where the integrand function f is known; iii) the number of the requested evaluations of f at the nodes is low; iv) a satis factory convergence theory can be proved. Work sponsored by “Ministero dell' University” and CNR of Italy