A hybrid approach to spectral reconstruction of piecewise smooth functions (Q5942835)

The Gibbs phenomenon is an essential drawback in spectral reconstruction of a piecewise smooth function \(f\). In this paper, a new approach to the Gegenbauer reconstruction method [see \textit{D. Gottlieb}, \textit{C.-W. Shu}, \textit{A. Solomonoff} and \textit{H. Vandeven}, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 43, No. 1-2, 81-98 (1992; Zbl 0781.42022)] is presented. The new method is less computationally intensive. The author combines the exponential fitting method in smooth regions away from the discontinuities of \(f\) with the Gegenbauer reconstruction method in regions close to the discontinuities of \(f\). Further, a new way of computing the Gegenbauer coefficients from Jacobian polynomial expansion is proposed. Several numerical applications with univariate and bivariate functions are presented.