On the Choice of the Exterior Knots in the B-Spline Basis for a Spline Space.

Abstract

The B-spline representation of a spline on some interval (a,b) requires the introduction of additional knots outside (a,b) that have nothing in common with the spline space itself. Nevertheless, their choice influences the numerical accuracy when the B-spline representation of a spline approximant is to be constructed. In this note we prove that locating all the additional knots at the endpoints a and b of the interval minimizes the norm and is therefore preferable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096665

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  • Joseph P. Kozak

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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