An adaptive hierarchical approximation method on the sphere using axisymmetric locally supported basis functions

Computing (Vienna/New York)

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-212

  Brand, R ^a,b   Freeden, W ^b   Frohlich J ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive hierarchical discretization; Computational methods in geophysics; Functional approximation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; SPHERES;

ADAPTIVE HIERARCHICAL APPROXIMATION METHOD; ADAPTIVE HIERARCHICAL DISCRETIZATION; AXISYMMETRIC LOCALLY SUPPORTED BASIS FUNCTIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0030385438     PISSN: 0010485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247405     Document Type: Article

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