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Bivariate hierarchical Hermite spline quasi--interpolation
Spline quasi-interpolation (QI) is a general and powerful approach for the
construction of low cost and accurate approximations of a given function. In
order to provide an efficient adaptive approximation scheme in the bivariate
setting, we consider quasi-interpolation in hierarchical spline spaces. In
particular, we study and experiment the features of the hierarchical extension
of the tensor-product formulation of the Hermite BS quasi-interpolation scheme.
The convergence properties of this hierarchical operator, suitably defined in
terms of truncated hierarchical B-spline bases, are analyzed. A selection of
numerical examples is presented to compare the performances of the hierarchical
and tensor-product versions of the scheme
On the efficiency and accuracy of interpolation methods for spectral codes
In this paper a general theory for interpolation methods on a rectangular
grid is introduced. By the use of this theory an efficient B-spline based
interpolation method for spectral codes is presented. The theory links the
order of the interpolation method with its spectral properties. In this way
many properties like order of continuity, order of convergence and magnitude of
errors can be explained. Furthermore, a fast implementation of the
interpolation methods is given. We show that the B-spline based interpolation
method has several advantages compared to other methods. First, the order of
continuity of the interpolated field is higher than for other methods. Second,
only one FFT is needed whereas e.g. Hermite interpolation needs multiple FFTs
for computing the derivatives. Third, the interpolation error almost matches
the one of Hermite interpolation, a property not reached by other methods
investigated.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figure
Cardinal interpolation and spline fucntions V. The B-splines for cardinal Hermite interpolation
AbstractIn the third paper of this series on cardinal spline interpolation [4] Lipow and Schoenberg study the problem of Hermite interpolation S(v) = Yv, S′(v) = Yv′,…,S(r−1)(v) = Yv(r−1) for allv. The B-splines are there conspicuous by their absence, although they were found very useful for the case γ = 1 of ordinary (or Lagrange) interpolation (see [5–10]). The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the B-splines for the case of Hermite interpolation (γ > 1). In this sense the present paper is a supplement to [4] and is based on its results. This is done in Part I. Part II is devoted to the special case when we want to solve the problem S(v) = Yv, S′(v) = Yv′ for all v by quintic spline functions of the class C‴(– ∞, ∞). This is the simplest nontrivial example for the general theory. In Part II we derive an explicit solution for the problem (1), where v = 0, 1,…, n
Spline approximation of a random process with singularity
Let a continuous random process defined on be -smooth,
and have an isolated
singularity point at . In addition, let be locally like a -fold
integrated -fractional Brownian motion for all non-singular points. We
consider approximation of by piecewise Hermite interpolation splines with
free knots (i.e., a sampling design, a mesh). The approximation performance
is measured by mean errors (e.g., integrated or maximal quadratic mean errors).
We construct a sequence of sampling designs with asymptotic approximation rate
for the whole interval.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figure typos and references corrected, revised classes
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Interpolation of equation-of-state data
Aims. We use Hermite splines to interpolate pressure and its derivatives
simultaneously, thereby preserving mathematical relations between the
derivatives. The method therefore guarantees that thermodynamic identities are
obeyed even between mesh points. In addition, our method enables an estimation
of the precision of the interpolation by comparing the Hermite-spline results
with those of frequent cubic (B-) spline interpolation.
Methods. We have interpolated pressure as a function of temperature and
density with quintic Hermite 2D-splines. The Hermite interpolation requires
knowledge of pressure and its first and second derivatives at every mesh point.
To obtain the partial derivatives at the mesh points, we used tabulated values
if given or else thermodynamic equalities, or, if not available, values
obtained by differentiating B-splines.
Results. The results were obtained with the grid of the SAHA-S
equation-of-state (EOS) tables. The maximum difference lies in the range
from to , and difference varies from to
. Specifically, for the points of a solar model, the maximum
differences are one order of magnitude smaller than the aforementioned values.
The poorest precision is found in the dissociation and ionization regions,
occurring at K. The best precision is achieved at
higher temperatures, K. To discuss the significance of the
interpolation errors we compare them with the corresponding difference between
two different equation-of-state formalisms, SAHA-S and OPAL 2005. We find that
the interpolation errors of the pressure are a few orders of magnitude less
than the differences from between the physical formalisms, which is
particularly true for the solar-model points.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&
Conservative and non-conservative methods based on hermite weighted essentially-non-oscillatory reconstruction for Vlasov equations
We introduce a WENO reconstruction based on Hermite interpolation both for
semi-Lagrangian and finite difference methods. This WENO reconstruction
technique allows to control spurious oscillations. We develop third and fifth
order methods and apply them to non-conservative semi-Lagrangian schemes and
conservative finite difference methods. Our numerical results will be compared
to the usual semi-Lagrangian method with cubic spline reconstruction and the
classical fifth order WENO finite difference scheme. These reconstructions are
observed to be less dissipative than the usual weighted essentially non-
oscillatory procedure. We apply these methods to transport equations in the
context of plasma physics and the numerical simulation of turbulence phenomena
Ellipse-preserving Hermite interpolation and subdivision
We introduce a family of piecewise-exponential functions that have the
Hermite interpolation property. Our design is motivated by the search for an
effective scheme for the joint interpolation of points and associated tangents
on a curve with the ability to perfectly reproduce ellipses. We prove that the
proposed Hermite functions form a Riesz basis and that they reproduce
prescribed exponential polynomials. We present a method based on Green's
functions to unravel their multi-resolution and approximation-theoretic
properties. Finally, we derive the corresponding vector and scalar subdivision
schemes, which lend themselves to a fast implementation. The proposed vector
scheme is interpolatory and level-dependent, but its asymptotic behaviour is
the same as the classical cubic Hermite spline algorithm. The same convergence
properties---i.e., fourth order of approximation---are hence ensured
Estimation of a -monotone density: limit distribution theory and the spline connection
We study the asymptotic behavior of the Maximum Likelihood and Least Squares
Estimators of a -monotone density at a fixed point when .
We find that the th derivative of the estimators at converges at the
rate for . The limiting distribution depends
on an almost surely uniquely defined stochastic process that stays above
(below) the -fold integral of Brownian motion plus a deterministic drift
when is even (odd). Both the MLE and LSE are known to be splines of degree
with simple knots. Establishing the order of the random gap
, where denote two successive knots, is a key
ingredient of the proof of the main results. We show that this ``gap problem''
can be solved if a conjecture about the upper bound on the error in a
particular Hermite interpolation via odd-degree splines holds.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053607000000262 the
Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
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