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The Truchet tiles are a pair of square tiles decorated by arcs. When the tiles are pieced together to form a Truchet tiling, these arcs join to form a family of simple curves in the plane. We consider a family of probability measures on the…
In this paper a new class of radial basis functions based on hyperbolic trigonometric functions will be introduced and studied. We focus on the properties of their generalised Fourier transforms with asymptotics. Therefore we will compute…
We propose a variational regularization approach based on a multiscale representation called cylindrical shearlets aimed at dynamic imaging problems, especially dynamic tomography. The intuitive idea of our approach is to integrate a…
We introduce a smooth B-spline discretization in polar coordinates on the unit disc that corrects the loss of regularity present at the origin caused by the coordinate singularity in standard tensor-product B-spline formulations. The method…
In this paper, we propose a trigonometric-interpolation approach for solutions of second order nonlinear ODEs with mixed boundary conditions. The method interpolates secondary derivative $y''$ of a target solution $y$ by a trigonometric…
Several problems on Fourier series and trigonometric approximation on a hexagon and a triangle are studied. The results include Abel and Ces\`aro summability of Fourier series, degree of approximation and best approximation by trigonometric…
We discuss how Dokken's methods of approximate implicitization can be applied to triangular B\'ezier surfaces in both the original and weak forms. The matrices $\mathbf{D}$ and $\mathbf{M}$ that are fundamental to the respective forms of…
A "blendstring" is a piecewise polynomial interpolant with high-degree two-point Hermite interpolational polynomials on each piece, analogous to a cubic spline. Blendstrings are smoother and can be more accurate than cubic splines, and can…
Regularization methods are a key tool in the solution of inverse problems. They are used to introduce prior knowledge and make the approximation of ill-posed (pseudo-)inverses feasible. In the last two decades interest has shifted from…
Multibang regularization and combinatorial integral approximation decompositions are two actively researched techniques for integer optimal control. We consider a class of polyhedral functions that arise particularly as convex lower…
A $\textit{polygonal curve}$ is a collection of $m$ connected line segments specified as the linear interpolation of a list of points $\{p_0, p_1, \ldots, p_m\}$. These curves may be obtained by sampling points from an oriented curve in…
We propose and analyze optimal additive multilevel solvers for isogeometric discretizations of scalar elliptic problems for locally refined T-meshes. Applying the refinement strategy in Morgenstern and Peterseim (2015, Comput. Aided Geom.…
We develop a characterization for the existence of symmetries of canal surfaces defined by a rational spine curve and rational radius function. In turn, this characterization inspires an algorithm for computing the symmetries of such canal…
To produce cartographic maps, simplification is typically used to reduce complexity of the map to a legible level. With schematic maps, however, this simplification is pushed far beyond the legibility threshold and is instead constrained by…
We present a procedure to approximate a plane contour by piecewise polynomial functions, depending on various parameters, such as degree, number of local patches, selection of knots. This procedure aims to be adopted to study how…
Slender-body approximations have been successfully used to explain many phenomena in low-Reynolds number fluid mechanics. These approximations typically use a line of singularity solutions to represent the flow. These singularities can be…
We study local approximation properties in hierarchical spline spaces through a twofold approach. First, we design and analyze a robust adaptive refinement algorithm to construct locally graded meshes. Second, we establish rigorous…
In this paper, we propose a new and simple approach to the approximation algorithms that are modified and improved from our published results. The computational and graphical examples are presented with the aid of Maple procedures.
We propose a polynomial preserving recovery method for PHT-splines within isogeometric analysis to obtain more accurate gradient approximations. The method fully exploits the local interpolation properties of PHT-splines and avoids the need…