Subdivision schemes of sets and the approximation of set-valued functions in the symmetric difference metric (Q385451)

The problem of the approximation of set-valued functions is closely related to the approximation of an \(N\)-dimensional object by a sequence of its parallel cross-sections, since such an object can be regarded as a univariate set-valued function with sets of dimension \(N-1\) as images. For the study of this problem, set-valued subdivision schemes refining general subsets of \(\mathbb{R} ^n\) are constructed. These new methods in the metric space of Lebesgue measurable sets endowed with the symmetric difference metric are developed and analyzed. Finally, the extension of the obtained results for metric spaces of sets to general metric spaces satisfying certain properties is discussed.