Infinite-dimensional ^1 minimization and function approximation from pointwise data

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Abstract: We consider the problem of approximating a smooth function from finitely-many pointwise samples using ell1 minimization techniques. In the first part of this paper, we introduce an infinite-dimensional approach to this problem. Three advantages of this approach are as follows. First, it provides interpolatory approximations in the absence of noise. Second, it does not require extit{a priori} bounds on the expansion tail in order to be implemented. In particular, the truncation strategy we introduce as part of this framework is independent of the function being approximated, provided the function has sufficient regularity. Third, it allows one to explain the key role weights play in the minimization; namely, that of regularizing the problem and removing aliasing phenomena. In the second part of this paper we present a worst-case error analysis for this approach. We provide a general recipe for analyzing this technique for arbitrary deterministic sets of points. Finally, we use this tool to show that weighted ell1 minimization with Jacobi polynomials leads to an optimal method for approximating smooth, one-dimensional functions from scattered data.


It is known that as dimension increases, smooth multivariate functions are increasingly well represented by their best k-term approximation in certain orthogonal expansions. Therefore, in this paper, an infinite dimensional approach has been introduced to discuss the problem of approximating a smooth function from finitely many pointwise samples using \(\ell^{1}\)-minimization techniques. This approach provides interpolatory approximation in the absence of noise and does not require a priori bounds on the expansion tail for implementation. Also, it does not depend on the approximated function, if the function has sufficient regularity. A worst-case error analysis has been discussed. Moreover, it has been shown that weighted \(\ell^{1}\)-minimization with Jacobi polynomials leads to an optimal method for approximating smooth, one-dimensional functions from scattered data.



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