Minimizing the condition number of a Gram matrix

SIAM Journal on Optimization

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-148

  Chen, Xiaojun ^a   Womersley, Robert S ^b   Ye, Jane J ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condition number; Generalized gradient; Gram matrix; Interpolation; Least squares; Semismooth; Smoothing method; Spherical harmonics

Indexed keywords

CONDITION NUMBERS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT; GRAM MATRIX; LEAST SQUARE; SEMISMOOTH; SMOOTHING METHOD; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

FUNCTIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NUMBER THEORY; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SPHERES;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 79957506054     PISSN: 10526234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100786022     Document Type: Article

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