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abstract

  • In this article we investigate the feasibility of constructing stable, local bases for computing with kernels. In particular, we are interested in constructing families $(b_{xi})_{xiinXi}$ that function as bases for kernel spaces $S(k,Xi)$ so that each basis function is constructed using very few kernels. In other words, each function $b_{zeta}(x) = sum_{xiinXi} A_{zeta,xi} k(x,xi)$ is a linear combination of samples of the kernel with few nonzero coefficients $A_{zeta,xi}$. This is reminiscent of the construction of the B-spline basis from the family of truncated power functions. We demonstrate that for a large class of kernels (the Sobolev kernels as well as many kernels of polyharmonic and related type) such bases exist. In fact, the basis elements can be constructed using a combination of roughly $O(log N)^d$ kernels, where $d$ is the local dimension of the manifold and $N$ is the dimension of the kernel space (i.e. $N=#Xi$). Viewing this as a preprocessing step -- the construction of the basis has computational cost $O(N(log N)^d)$. Furthermore, we prove that the new basis is $L_p$ stable and satisfies polynomial decay estimates that are stationary with respect to the density of $Xi$.

author list (cited authors)

  • Fuselier, E. J., Hangelbroek, T. C., Narcowich, F. J., Ward, J. D., & Wright, G. B.

complete list of authors

  • Fuselier, EJ||Hangelbroek, TC||Narcowich, FJ||Ward, JD||Wright, GB

publication date

  • November 2011