A polynomial approximation for arbitrary functions

DOI10.1016/J.AML.2012.03.007MaRDI QIDQ712645zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michael Andrew Cohen, Can Ozan Tan

Publication date 17 October 2012

Published in Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0608

zbMATH Keywords

least squaresLegendre expansionLegendre polynomialnumerical approximationnumerical examples

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation by polynomials (41A10) Algorithms for approximation of functions (65D15)

Abstract: We describe an expansion of Legendre polynomials, analogous to the Taylor expansion, to approximate arbitrary functions. We show that the polynomial coefficients in Legendre expansion, therefore the whole series, converge to zero much more rapidly compared to the Taylor expansion of the same order. Furthermore, using numerical analysis using sixth-order polynomial expansion, we demonstrate that the Legendre polynomial approximation yields an error at least an order of magnitude smaller than the analogous Taylor series approximation. This strongly suggests that Legendre expansions, instead of Taylor expansions, should be used when global accuracy is important.

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