Semi-infinite cardinal interpolation with multiquadrics and beyond (Q2491226)

The author considers the problem of interpolation on a semi-space grid of multi-integer points in \({\mathbb R}^n\) from the native space generated by a radial basis function (RBF) \(\phi:{\mathbb R}^n\rightarrow{\mathbb R}\). Let \(| x |\) denote the Euclidean norm of \(x\in{\mathbb R}^n\). The main result shows the existence of Lagrange functions of this interpolation problem for a class of RBFs that includes the multiquadric and inverse multiquadric RBFs \(\phi(x) = (| x |^2 + c^2) ^{\pm 1/2}\) in odd dimensions \(n\), as well as the polyharmonic RBFs \(\phi(x) = | x |^{2m-n}\) if \(n\) is odd, and \(\phi(x) = | x |^{2m-n} \log| x |\) if \(n\) is even, where the integers \(m\) and \(n\) satisfy \(n<2m\) and \(m<n\) (hence \(n \geq 3\)). The same problem for all polyharmonic RBFs with \(n<2m\) was treated by the reviewer [East J. Approx.\ 6, No. 4, 465--491 (2000; Zbl 1092.41500)].