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Approximating with Gaussians

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2008-05-27 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Linear combinations of translations of a single Gaussian, e^{-x^2}, are shown to be dense in L^2(R). Two algorithms for determining the coefficients for the approximations are given, using orthogonal Hermite functions and least squares. Taking the Fourier transform of this result shows low-frequency trigonometric series are dense in L^2 with Gaussian weight function.

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@article{arxiv.0805.3795,
  title  = {Approximating with Gaussians},
  author = {Craig Calcaterra and Axel Boldt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3795},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages, 23 figures

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