On Weak Tractability of the Clenshaw-Curtis Smolyak Algorithm

We consider the problem of integration of d-variate analytic functions defined on the unit cube with directional derivatives of all orders bounded by 1. We prove that the Clenshaw Curtis Smolyak algorithm leads to weak tractability of the problem. This seems to be the first positive tractability result for the Smolyak algorithm for a normalized and unweighted problem. The space of integrands is not a tensor product space and therefore we have to develop a different proof technique. We use the polynomial exactness of the algorithm as well as an explicit bound on the operator norm of the algorithm.Comment: 18 page

Some Results on the Complexity of Numerical Integration

This is a survey (21 pages, 124 references) written for the MCQMC 2014 conference in Leuven, April 2014. We start with the seminal paper of Bakhvalov (1959) and end with new results on the curse of dimension and on the complexity of oscillatory integrals. Some small errors of earlier versions are corrected

Smolyak's algorithm: A powerful black box for the acceleration of scientific computations

We provide a general discussion of Smolyak's algorithm for the acceleration of scientific computations. The algorithm first appeared in Smolyak's work on multidimensional integration and interpolation. Since then, it has been generalized in multiple directions and has been associated with the keywords: sparse grids, hyperbolic cross approximation, combination technique, and multilevel methods. Variants of Smolyak's algorithm have been employed in the computation of high-dimensional integrals in finance, chemistry, and physics, in the numerical solution of partial and stochastic differential equations, and in uncertainty quantification. Motivated by this broad and ever-increasing range of applications, we describe a general framework that summarizes fundamental results and assumptions in a concise application-independent manner

Optimal Algorithms for Numerical Integration: Recent Results and Open Problems

We present recent results on optimal algorithms for numerical integration and several open problems. The paper has six parts: 1. Introduction 2. Lower Bounds 3. Universality 4. General Domains 5. iid Information 6. Concluding RemarksComment: Survey written for the MCQMC conference in Linz, 26 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2108.0205

09391 Abstracts Collection -- Algorithms and Complexity for Continuous Problems

From 20.09.09 to 25.09.09, the Dagstuhl Seminar 09391 Algorithms and Complexity for Continuous Problems was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available