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The purpose of this paper is to investigate RBF approximation with highly nonuniform centers. Recently, DeVore and Ron have developed a notion of the local density of a set of centers -- a notion that permits precise pointwise error…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-07-04 Thomas Hangelbroek

This article is devoted to developing a theory for effective kernel interpolation and approximation in a general setting. For a wide class of compact, connected $C^\infty$ Riemannian manifolds, including the important cases of spheres and…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 T. Hangelbroek , F. J. Narcowich , J. D. Ward

Spline interpolation has been used in several applications due to its favorable properties regarding smoothness and accuracy of the interpolant. However, when there exists a discontinuity or a steep gradient in the data, some artifacts can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Francesc Aràndiga , Antonio Baeza , Dionisio F. Yáñez

This paper presents an approach to enhance volume conservation in the immersed boundary (IB) method by using regularized delta functions derived from composite B-splines. The conventional IB method, while effective for fluid-structure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Cole Gruninger , Boyce E. Griffith

Duchon's method of thin plate splines defines a polyharmonic interpolant to scattered data values as the minimizer of a certain integral functional. For transfinite interpolation, i.e. interpolation of continuous data prescribed on curves…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-09-23 Aurelian Bejancu

We present a semi-Lagrangian method for the numerical resolution of Vlasov-type equations on multi-patch meshes. Following N. Crouseilles et al. [A parallel Vlasov solver based on local cubic spline interpolation on patches. Journal of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Pauline Vidal , Emily Bourne , Virginie Grandgirard , Michel Mehrenberger , Eric Sonnendrücker

For $h>0$ and positive integers $m$, $d$, such that $m>d/2$, we study non-stationary interpolation at the points of the scaled grid $h\mathbb{Z}^d$ via the Mat\'{e}rn kernel $\Phi_{m,d}$---the fundamental solution of $(1-\Delta)^m$ in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-04 Aurelian Bejancu

The study of interpolation nodes and their associated Lebesgue constants are central to numerical analysis, impacting the stability and accuracy of polynomial approximations. In this paper, we will explore the Morrow-Patterson points, a set…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Tomasz Beberok , Leokadia Białas-Cież , Stefano De Marchi

This contribution presents a new analysis of properties of the interpolation using Radial Bases Functions (RBF) related to large data sets interpolation. The RBF application is convenient method for scattered d-dimensional interpolation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-01 Vaclav Skala

While interpolatory bases such as the Lagrange basis form the cornerstone of classical finite element methods, they have been replaced in the more general finite element setting of isogeometric analysis in favor of other desirable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Yannis Voet , Espen Sande

We present a new analysis of the stability of extended Floater-Hormann interpolants, in which both noisy data and rounding errors are considered. Contrary to what is claimed in the current literature, we show that the Lebesgue constant of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-26 Andre Pierro de Camargo , Walter F. Mascarenhas

Using a deterministic framework allows us to estimate a function with the purpose of interpolating data in spatial statistics. Radial basis functions are commonly used for scattered data interpolation in a d-dimensional space, however,…

Computation · Statistics 2024-04-03 Joaquin Cavieres , Michael Karkulik

The aim of this paper is to show how rapidly decaying RBF Lagrange functions on the spheres can be used to create effective, stable finite difference methods based on radial basis functions (RBF-FD). For certain classes of PDEs this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Wolfgang Erb , Thomas Hangelbroek , Francis J. Narcowich , Christian Rieger , Joseph D. Ward

In this paper we describe a parallel implicit method based on radial basis functions (RBF) for surface reconstruction. The applicability of RBF methods is hindered by its computational demand, that requires the solution of linear systems of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-05-23 Salvatore Cuomo , Ardelio Gallettiy , Giulio Giuntay , Alfredo Staracey

The convergence rates on polynomial interpolation in most cases are estimated by Lebesgue constants. These estimates may be overestimated for some special points of sets for functions of limited regularities. In this paper, by applying the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Shuhuang Xiang

We present three new semi-Lagrangian methods based on radial basis function (RBF) interpolation for numerically simulating transport on a sphere. The methods are mesh-free and are formulated entirely in Cartesian coordinates, thus avoiding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Varun Shankar , Grady Wright

Flux reconstruction provides a framework for solving partial differential equations in which functions are discontinuously approximated within elements. Typically, this is done by using polynomials. Here, the use of radial basis functions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-06 Rob Watson , Will Trojak

In CAGD the design of a surface that interpolates an arbitrary quadrilateral mesh is definitely a challenging task. The basic requirement is to satisfy both criteria concerning the regularity of the surface and aesthetic concepts. With…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-08 Michele Antonelli , Carolina Vittoria Beccari , Giulio Casciola

The thin plate spline is a popular tool for the interpolation and smoothing of scattered data. In this paper we propose a novel stabilized mixed finite element method for the discretization of thin plate splines. The mixed formulation is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-05-13 Bishnu P. Lamichhane , Markus Hegland

We introduce intrinsic interpolatory bases for data structured on graphs and derive properties of those bases. Polyharmonic Lagrange functions are shown to satisfy exponential decay away from their centers. The decay depends on the density…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-21 John Paul Ward , Francis J. Narcowich , Joseph D. Ward