Topics in Multivariate Approximation

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page vii
PARTICIPANTS, Pages viii-x
BOOLEAN METHODS IN FOURIER APPROXIMATION, Pages 1-12, G. Baszenski, F.-J. Delvos
ILL-POSED PROBLEMS IN MULTIVARIATE APPROXIMATION, Pages 13-18, E.W. Cheney
ON MULTIVARIATE VERTEX SPLINES AND APPLICATIONS, Pages 19-36, Charles K. Chui, Mingjun Lai
ON THE THEORY AND APPLICATION OF EXPONENTIAL SPLINES, Pages 37-46, Wolfgang Dahmen, Charles A. Micchelli
INTERPOLATION OF SCATTERED DATA BY RADIAL FUNCTIONS, Pages 47-61, Nira Dyn
SHAPE PRESERVING SURFACE INTERPOLATION, Pages 63-78, Ferruccio Fontanella
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE APPROXIMATION OF SURFACES FROM SCATTERED DATA, Pages 79-98, Richard Franke
METAHARMONIC SPLINES FOR SOLVING THE EXTERIOR DIRICHLET PROBLEM FOR THE HELMHOLTZ EQUATION, Pages 99-110, Willi Freeden
APPROXIMATION BY HARMONIC FUNCTIONS, Pages 111-124, Werner Haussmann
A SHORT SURVEY ON CARDINAL INTERPOLATION BY BOX SPLINES, Pages 125-139, Kurt Jetter
UNISOLVENT INTERPOLATION IN IRn AND THE SIMPLICIAL POLYNOMIAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Pages 141-151, Alain J.Y. Le Méhauté
ON INTERPOLATION SYSTEMS AND H-REDUCIBLE INTERPOLATION PROBLEMS, Pages 153-163, J. Lorente, V. Ramírez
ATTENUATION FACTORS AND MULTIVARIATE PERIODIC SPLINE INTERPOLATION, Pages 165-174, H.G. ter Morsche
COORDINATE FREE SCATTERED DATA INTERPOLATION, Pages 175-184, Gregory M. Nielson
APPROXIMATION BY POSITIVE ELEMENTS OF SUBALGEBRAS OF REAL-VALUED FUNCTIONS, Pages 185-192, João B. Prolla
NUMERICAL GENERATION OF NESTED SERIES OF GENERAL TRIANGULAR GRIDS, Pages 193-206, María-Cecilia Rivara
COMPOSITE FINITE ELEMENTS OF CLASS C2, Pages 207-217, Paul Sablonnière
TRIANGULATION METHODS, Pages 219-232, Larry L. Schumaker
CONSTRAINED SURFACE CONSTRUCTION, Pages 233-254, Florencio I. Utreras
POLYNOMIAL REPRODUCING FORMULAS AND THE COMMUTATOR OF A LOCALLY SUPPORTED SPLINE, Pages 255-263, Joseph D. Ward
ON INEQUALITIES ARISING FROM BEST LOCAL APPROXIMATIONS IN RECTANGLES, Pages 265-273, Felipe Zó
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MULTIVARIATE APPROXIMATION, Pages 275-335, Richard Franke, Larry L. Schumaker