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The reconstruction of spectral function from correlation function in Euclidean space is a challenging task. In this paper, we employ the Machine Learning techniques in terms of the radial basis functions networks to reconstruct the spectral…
In this article we present a modification of classical Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation techniques aimed at reducing oscillations near discontinuities in one and two dimensions. Our approach introduces an adaptive mechanism by…
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A reproducing kernel can define an embedding of a data point into an infinite dimensional reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). The norm in this space describes a distance, which we call the kernel distance. The random Fourier features…
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