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On the accuracy of solving confluent Prony systems
In this paper we consider several nonlinear systems of algebraic equations
which can be called "Prony-type". These systems arise in various reconstruction
problems in several branches of theoretical and applied mathematics, such as
frequency estimation and nonlinear Fourier inversion. Consequently, the
question of stability of solution with respect to errors in the right-hand side
becomes critical for the success of any particular application. We investigate
the question of "maximal possible accuracy" of solving Prony-type systems,
putting stress on the "local" behavior which approximates situations with low
absolute measurement error. The accuracy estimates are formulated in very
simple geometric terms, shedding some light on the structure of the problem.
Numerical tests suggest that "global" solution techniques such as Prony's
algorithm and ESPRIT method are suboptimal when compared to this theoretical
"best local" behavior
Gravitino perturbations in Schwarzschild black holes
We consider the time evolution of massless gravitino perturbations in
Schwarzschild black holes, and show that as in the case of fields of other
values of spin, the evolution comes in three stages, after an initial outburst
as a first stage, we observe the damped oscillations characteristic of the
quasinormal ringing stage, followed by long time tails. Using the sixth order
WKB method and Prony fitting of time domain data we determine the quasinormal
frequencies. There is a good correspondence between the results obtained by the
above two methods, and we obtain a considerable improvement with respect to the
previously obtained third order WKB results. We also show that the response of
a black hole depends crucially on the spin class of the perturbing field: the
quality factor becomes a decreasing function of the spin for boson
perturbations, whereas the opposite situation appears for fermion ones
Geometry and Singularities of the Prony mapping
Prony mapping provides the global solution of the Prony system of equations
This system
appears in numerous theoretical and applied problems arising in Signal
Reconstruction. The simplest example is the problem of reconstruction of linear
combination of -functions of the form
, with the unknown parameters $a_{i},\
x_{i},\ i=1,...,n,m_{k}=\int x^{k}g(x)dx.x_{i}.$ The investigation of this type of
singularities has been started in \cite{yom2009Singularities} where the role of
finite differences was demonstrated.
In the present paper we study this and other types of singularities of the
Prony mapping, and describe its global geometry. We show, in particular, close
connections of the Prony mapping with the "Vieta mapping" expressing the
coefficients of a polynomial through its roots, and with hyperbolic polynomials
and "Vandermonde mapping" studied by V. Arnold.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1301.118
Local and global geometry of Prony systems and Fourier reconstruction of piecewise-smooth functions
Many reconstruction problems in signal processing require solution of a
certain kind of nonlinear systems of algebraic equations, which we call Prony
systems. We study these systems from a general perspective, addressing
questions of global solvability and stable inversion. Of special interest are
the so-called "near-singular" situations, such as a collision of two closely
spaced nodes.
We also discuss the problem of reconstructing piecewise-smooth functions from
their Fourier coefficients, which is easily reduced by a well-known method of
K.Eckhoff to solving a particular Prony system. As we show in the paper, it
turns out that a modification of this highly nonlinear method can reconstruct
the jump locations and magnitudes of such functions, as well as the pointwise
values between the jumps, with the maximal possible accuracy.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1211.068
Decimated generalized Prony systems
We continue studying robustness of solving algebraic systems of Prony type
(also known as the exponential fitting systems), which appear prominently in
many areas of mathematics, in particular modern "sub-Nyquist" sampling
theories. We show that by considering these systems at arithmetic progressions
(or "decimating" them), one can achieve better performance in the presence of
noise. We also show that the corresponding lower bounds are closely related to
well-known estimates, obtained for similar problems but in different contexts
Complete Algebraic Reconstruction of Piecewise-Smooth Functions from Fourier Data
In this paper we provide a reconstruction algorithm for piecewise-smooth
functions with a-priori known smoothness and number of discontinuities, from
their Fourier coefficients, posessing the maximal possible asymptotic rate of
convergence -- including the positions of the discontinuities and the pointwise
values of the function. This algorithm is a modification of our earlier method,
which is in turn based on the algebraic method of K.Eckhoff proposed in the
1990s. The key ingredient of the new algorithm is to use a different set of
Eckhoff's equations for reconstructing the location of each discontinuity.
Instead of consecutive Fourier samples, we propose to use a "decimated" set
which is evenly spread throughout the spectrum
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