Approximations of set-valued functions by metric linear operators (Q877179)

The authors adapt linear approximation operators for real-valued functions, based on samples of the approximated function, to set-valued functions by replacing an operation between numbers with an operation between sets. They introduce approximation operators for univariante set-valued functions with general compact images in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). Finally, as examples the authors study metric Bernstein operators, metric Schoenberg operators, and metric polynomial interpolants.