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Optimal Degree of Approximation by Splines

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Optimal Estimation in Approximation Theory

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A description of spline — or piecewise polynomial functions — involves three characteristics: the nature of their pieces, their location and the smoothness at the connections.

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Scherer, K. (1977). Optimal Degree of Approximation by Splines. In: Micchelli, C.A., Rivlin, T.J. (eds) Optimal Estimation in Approximation Theory. The IBM Research Symposia Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2388-4_5

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