A polynomial approximation for arbitrary functions

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1947-1952

  Cohena, Michael A ^a   Tan, Can Ozan ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Least squares; Legendre polynomial; Numerical approximation

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; TAYLOR SERIES;

ARBITRARY FUNCTIONS; LEAST SQUARE; LEGENDRE EXPANSION; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; ORDER POLYNOMIALS; POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENTS; TAYLOR SERIES APPROXIMATION;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

EID: 84865654642     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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