A METHOD FOR CALCULATING POLYNOMIALS OF BEST APPROXIMATION

Abstract

The report deals with minimax approximations to functions defined on the real line. These approximations are of particular use to mathematicians having access to a digital computer facility. The cases considered are for functions defined as discrete points on the Cartesian plane and for continuous, bounded functions defined on a closed interval of the real line. A method for obtaining the approximations using linear programming techniques is presented for each case. An analysis of the error function and a brief outline of the computer program are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645052

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  • Alfred Oliver

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  • C4I

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  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
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  • Interpolation
  • Intervals
  • Linear Programming
  • Numbers
  • Numerical Analysis
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  • Mathematics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
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