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Splicing n-Convex Functions using Splines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

G. E. Cross
G. E. Cross*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1
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Abstract

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It is proved that a regular piecewise n-convex function differs from an n-convex function only by a polynomial spline of degree n - 1. The argument is given in terms of Peano and de la Vallée Poussin derivatives.

Keywords

26A5141A15n-convex functionSplines
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , 01 March 1980 , pp. 107 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1980

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