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Inequalities for the derivatives

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Numerical Analysis

Abstract

It is proved that one cannot approximate stably the first derivative of a smooth function given noisy values of this function and a bound on this function and its first derivative. Such an approximation is shown to be possible if an a priori bound is known for a fractional derivative of order greater than one. An algorithm is proposed for such a stable approximation and error estimates for the proposed algorithm are given. Under certain assumptions it is proved that this algorithm is best possible among all linear and nonlinear algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9911034,
  title  = {Inequalities for the derivatives},
  author = {A. G. Ramm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9911034},
  year   = {2007}
}