Numerical Methods in Approximation Theory

Blending Approximations with Sine Functions.- Quasi-interpolation in the Absence of Polynomial Reproduction.- Estimating the Condition Number for Multivariate Interpolation Problems.- Wavelets on a Bounded Interval.- Quasi-Kernel Polynomials and Convergence Results for Quasi-Minimal Residual Iterations.- Rate of Approximation of Weighted Derivatives by Linear Combinations of SMD Operators.- Approximation by Multivariate Splines: an Application of Boolean Methods.- Lm, ?, s-Splines in ?d.- Constructive Multivariate Approximation via Sigmoidal Functions with Applications to Neural Networks.- Spline-Wavelets of Minimal Support.- Necessary Conditions for Local Best Chebyshev Approximations by Splines with Free Knots.- C1 Interpolation on Higher-Dimensional Analogs of the 4-Direction Mesh.- Tabulation of Thin Plate Splines on a Very Fine Two-Dimensional Grid.- The L2-Approximation Orders of Principal Shift-Invariant Spaces Generated by a Radial Basis Function.- A Multi-Parameter Method for Nonlinear Least-Squares Approximation.- Analog VLSI Networks.- Converse Theorems for Approximation on Discrete Sets II.- A Dual Method for Smoothing Histograms using Nonnegative C1-Splines.- Segment Approximation By Using Linear Functionals.- Construction of Monotone Extensions to Boundary Functions.