On the approximation of the range of values by interval expressions (Q756373)

If the real-valued mapping f has a representation of the form \(f(x)=\phi_ 0+\ell (x)\cdot h(x)\), \(x\in X\), where for the diameter of h(X) the inequality d(h(X))\(\leq \sigma d(X)\) holds and for the absolute value of \(\ell (X)\) we have \(| \ell (X)| \leq \tau d(X)^ n\), then we introduce an interval expression for f which approximates the range of values of f over the compact interval X with order \(n+1\). Our result contains as a special case the theorem on higher order centered forms from the author and \textit{R. Lohner} [ibid. 35, 177-184 (1985; Zbl 0564.65031)] and a series of representations of f not discussed before.