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We describe a method for the numerical evaluation of the angular prolate spheroidal wave functions of the first kind of order zero. It is based on the observation that underlies the WKB method, namely that many second order differential…
As demonstrated by Slepian et. al. in a sequence of classical papers, prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWFs) provide a natural and efficient tool for computing with bandlimited functions defined on an interval. Recently, PSWFs have been…
As demonstrated by Slepian et. al. in a sequence of classical papers, prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWFs) provide a natural and efficient tool for computing with bandlimited functions defined on an interval. As a result, PSWFs are…
An algorithm for computing eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the angular spheroidal wave equation, based on a known but scarcely used method, is developed. By requiring the regularity of the wave function, represented by its series…
The prolate spheroidal wave functions, which are a special case of the spheroidal wave functions, possess a very surprising and unique property [6]. They are an orthogonal basis of both $L^2(-1,1)$ and the Paley-Wiener space of bandlimited…
Generalized prolate spheroidal functions (GPSFs) arise naturally in the study of bandlimited functions as the eigenfunctions of a certain truncated Fourier transform. In one dimension, the theory of GPSFs (typically referred to as prolate…
For fixed $c,$ Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions (PSWFs), denoted by $\psi_{n, c},$ form an orthogonal basis with remarkable properties for the space of band-limited functions with bandwith $c$. They have been largely studied and used after…
The main result of this thesis is an efficient protocol to determine the frequencies of a signal $C(t)= \sum_k |a_k|^2 e^{i \omega_k t}$, which is given for a finite time, to a high degree of precision. Specifically, we develop a theorem…
We introduce an efficient scheme for the construction of quadrature rules for bandlimited functions. While the scheme is predominantly based on well-known facts about prolate spheroidal wave functions of order zero, it has the asymptotic…
We estimate the distribution of the eigenvalues of a family of time-frequency localization operators whose eigenfunctions are the well-known Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions from mathematical physics. These operators are fundamental to the…
The spheroidal wave functions, which are the solutions to the Helmholtz equation in spheroidal coordinates, are notoriously difficult to compute. Because of this, practically no programming language comes equipped with the means to compute…
Spherical harmonics (SH) have been extensively used as a basis for analyzing the morphology of particles in granular mechanics. The use of SH is facilitated by mapping the particle coordinates onto a unit sphere, in practice often a…
Prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWFs) play an important role in various areas, from physics (e.g. wave phenomena, fluid dynamics) to engineering (e.g. signal processing, filter design). Even though the significance of PSWFs was realized…
Uniform asymptotic approximations are obtained for the prolate spheroidal wave functions, in the high-frequency case. The results are obtained by an application of certain existing asymptotic solutions of differential equations, and involve…
This paper explains existing results for the application of special functions to phase estimation, which is a fundamental topic in quantum information. We focus on two special functions. One is prolate spheroidal wave function, which…
Generalized Prolate Spheroidal Functions (GPSF) are the eigenfunctions of the truncated Fourier transform, restricted to D-dimensional balls in the spatial domain and frequency domain. Despite their useful properties in many applications,…
Prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWFs) play an important role in various areas, from physics (e.g. wave phenomena, fluid dynamics) to engineering (e.g. signal processing, filter design). One of the principal reasons for the importance of…
Recently, with the progress of science and the characteristic properties that distinguish the Slepian system called Prolate spheroidal wave functions from the others orthonormal systems, it became clear its important contributions in…
In this paper, we introduce the prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWFs) of real order $\alpha>-1$ on the unit ball in arbitrary dimension, termed as ball PSWFs. They are eigenfunctions of both a weighted concentration integral operator,…
The application of orthonormal basis functions such as Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions (PSWF) for accurate source modeling in radio astronomy has been comprehensively studied. They are of great importance for high fidelity, high dynamic…