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We address the problem of approximating an unknown function from its discrete samples given at arbitrarily scattered sites. This problem is essential in numerical sciences, where modern applications also highlight the need for a solution to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Nir Sharon , Rafael Sherbu Cohen , Holger Wendland

In this paper a local approximation method on the sphere is presented. As interpolation scheme we consider a partition of unity method, such as the modified spherical Shepard's method, which uses zonal basis functions (ZBFs) plus spherical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Alessandra De Rossi

We develop a novel framework for sparse multiscale kernel approximation of large scattered data problems based on a samplet representation. Samplets form a multiresolution analysis of localized discrete signed measures and enable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Sara Avesani , Gaia Fumagalli , Michael Multerer , Chiara Segala

In the framework of a recently reported linear-scaling method for density-functional-pseudopotential calculations, we investigate the use of localized basis functions for such work. We propose a basis set in which each local orbital is…

mtrl-th · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Hernandez , M. J. Gillan , C. M. Goringe

In this paper we propose and analyze a new Multiscale Method for solving semi-linear elliptic problems with heterogeneous and highly variable coefficient functions. For this purpose we construct a generalized finite element basis that spans…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Patrick Henning , Axel Malqvist , Daniel Peterseim

We present a data-driven method for computing approximate forward reachable sets using separating kernels in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. We frame the problem as a support estimation problem, and learn a classifier of the support as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-20 Adam J. Thorpe , Kendric R. Ortiz , Meeko M. K. Oishi

Well-conditioned boundary integral methods for the solution of elliptic boundary value problems (BVPs) are powerful tools for static and dynamic physical simulations. When there are many close-to-touching boundaries (eg, in complex fluids)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-21 David B. Stein , Alex H. Barnett

We present a unified interpolation scheme that combines compactly-supported positive-definite kernels and multivariate polynomials. This unified framework generalizes interpolation with compactly-supported kernels and also classical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-27 M. Belianovich , G. E. Fasshauer , A. Narayan , V. Shankar

In this paper, we collect the basic theory and the most important applications of a novel technique that has shown to be suitable for scattered data interpolation, quadrature, bio-imaging reconstruction. The method relies on polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-05 Stefano De Marchi , Giacomo Elefante , Elisa Francomano , Francesco Marchetti

We present a novel approach that integrates unfitted finite element methods and neural networks to approximate partial differential equations on complex geometries. Easy-to-generate background meshes (e.g., a simple Cartesian mesh) that cut…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Wei Li , Alberto F. Martín , Santiago Badia

For radial basis function (RBF) kernel interpolation of scattered data, Schaback in 1995 proved that the attainable approximation error and the condition number of the underlying interpolation matrix cannot be made small simultaneously. He…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-26 Shao-Bo Lin , Xingping Sun , Di Wang

In this article, we use the knowledge of positive definite tensors to develop a concept of positive definite multi-kernels to construct the kernel-based interpolants of scattered data. By the techniques of reproducing kernel Banach spaces,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-08 Qi Ye

This paper deals with the kernel-based approximation of a multivariate periodic function by interpolation at the points of an integration lattice -- a setting that, as pointed out by Zeng, Leung, Hickernell (MCQMC2004, 2006) and Zeng,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Vesa Kaarnioja , Yoshihito Kazashi , Frances Y. Kuo , Fabio Nobile , Ian H. Sloan

It's well know that Radial Basis Function approximants suffers of bad conditioning if the simple basis of translates is used. A recent work of M.Pazouki and R.Schaback gives a quite general way to build stable, orthonormal bases for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Gabriele Santin

Boundary integral equation methods are widely used in the solution of many partial differential equations. The kernels that appear in these surface integrals are nearly singular when evaluated near the boundary, and straightforward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Joseph Siebor , Svetlana Tlupova

This work introduces a kernel-independent, multilevel, adaptive algorithm for efficiently evaluating a discrete convolution kernel with a given source distribution. The method is based on linear algebraic tools such as low rank…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-11 Anna Yesypenko , Chao Chen , Per-Gunnar Martinsson

In this paper we show how ideas from spline theory can be used to construct a local basis for the space of translates of a general iterated Brownian Bridge kernel $k_{\beta,\varepsilon}$ for $\beta\in\mathbb{N}$, $\varepsilon\geq 0$. In the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-09 Gabriele Santin

This article develops direct and inverse estimates for certain finite dimensional spaces arising in kernel approximation. Both the direct and inverse estimates are based on approximation spaces spanned by local Lagrange functions which are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-08 Thomas Hangelbroek , Francis J. Narcowich , Christian Rieger , Joseph D. Ward

The performance of basis sets made of numerical atomic orbitals is explored in density-functional calculations of solids and molecules. With the aim of optimizing basis quality while maintaining strict localization of the orbitals, as…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Javier Junquera , Oscar Paz , Daniel Sanchez-Portal , Emilio Artacho

Low-rank approximation of kernels is a fundamental mathematical problem with widespread algorithmic applications. Often the kernel is restricted to an algebraic variety, e.g., in problems involving sparse or low-rank data. We show that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Jason M. Altschuler , Pablo A. Parrilo