Inf-convolution and radial basis functions

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Let \(\{x_1, x_2, \dots, x_N \}\) be a set of \(N\) distinct points in \({\mathbb R}^d\), let \(z_1, z_2, \ldots ,z_N\) be real numbers, and let \[ \sigma(\cdot)= \sum_{i=1}^N \alpha_i\phi(\|\cdot-x_i\|) +\sum_{j=1}^M\beta_j v_j(\cdot), \] where \(\phi:{\mathbb R}^+ \to {\mathbb R}\) and \(v_j:{\mathbb R}^d \to {\mathbb R}\) are continuous functions. The coefficients \({a_i}\) and \({\beta_j}\) are to be determined from the interpolation conditions \(\sigma(x_k)=z_k\) \((k=1, \ldots, N)\) and the orthogonality conditions \(\sum_{k=1}^N\alpha_kv_j(x_k)=0\) \((j=1, \ldots , M)\). There are functions \(\phi\) of various types for which the above interpolation problem is solvable for every given \(\{x_i\}\) and \(\{z_i\}\). In this paper a method is proposed for constructing compactly supported \(\phi\) having this property. The method is based on the concept of the so-called inf-convolution originated in the convex optimization theory. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0919.00054].











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