Convergence Properties of Haar Series.

Abstract

TThe report is primarily a review of Haar functions. The functions are defined, and it is shown that they form an orthonormal basis of (L sup 2)(0,1). A basic property of Haar series is then proved (the proof given is different from HAAR's). This property states that the Nth Haar-series approximation to a function f(x) belongs to (L sup 2)(0,1) is a step function of (2 sup N) steps, each of width 1/(2 sup N). The value of the approximation on each step is the mean value of the function f(x) in the interval covered by the step. This property is taken as the basis for an investigation of the convergence properties of Haar series for various classes of functions. Estimates of approximation accuracy are derived. Haar-series convergence is compared with the convergence of trigonometric Fourier series. The class of functions for which uniform convergence of Haar series can be proved is larger than that class of functions whose trigonometric Fourier series is uniformly convergent to the given function. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756173

Entities

People

  • John E. Shore
  • Robert L. Berkowitz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Convergence
  • Fourier Series
  • Intervals
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Step Functions

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Linear Algebra