A priori \(L^2\)-error estimates for approximations of functions on compact manifolds (Q2018692)

Given a \(C^2\)-function \(f\) on a compact Riemannian manifold \((X,g),\) the authors give a set of frequencies \(L=L_f(\varepsilon)\) depending on a small parameter \(\varepsilon>0\) such that the relative \(L^2\)-error \(\frac{\|f-f^L\|}{\|f\|}\) is bounded from above by \(\varepsilon,\) where \(f^L\) denotes the \(L\)-partial sum of the Fourier series \(f\) with respect to an orthonormal basis of \(L^2 (X)\) constituted by eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator \(\Delta_g\) associated to the metric \(g\).