Functions with prescribed best linear approximations

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Bending of Straight Beams Using hp-Spectral Approximations

Displacement finite element models of various beam theories have been developed using traditional finite element interpolations (i.e., Hermite cubic or equi-spaced Lagrange functions). Various finite element models of beams differ from each other in the choice of the interpolation functions used for the transverse deflection w, total rotation φ and/or shear strain γxz, or in the integral form u...

The best uniform polynomial approximation of two classes of rational functions

In this paper we obtain the explicit form of the best uniform polynomial approximations out of Pn of two classes of rational functions using properties of Chebyshev polynomials. In this way we present some new theorems and lemmas. Some examples will be given to support the results.

Triangular approximations of fuzzy number with value and ambiguity functions

Approximations of pseudo-Boolean functions; applications to game theory

This paper studies the approximation of pseudo-Boolean functions by linear functions and more generally by functions of (at most) a specified degree. Here a pseudo-Boolean function means a real valued function defined on {0, 1} n, and its degree is that of the unique multilinear polynomial that expresses it; linear functions are those of degree at most one. The approximation consists in choosin...

Non-linear Approximation and Interpolation Spaces

We study n-term wavelet-type approximations in Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin spaces. In particular, we characterize spaces of functions which have prescribed degree of n-term approximation in terms of interpolation spaces. These results are applied to identify interpolation spaces between Triebel–Lizorkin and Besov spaces.