An Optimal Ansatz Space for Moving Least Squares Approximation on Spheres

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Autori principali: Hielscher, Ralf, Pöschl, Tim
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author Hielscher, Ralf
Pöschl, Tim
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Pöschl, Tim
contents We revisit the moving least squares (MLS) approximation scheme on the sphere $\mathbb S^{d-1} \subset \mathbb R^d$, where $d>1$. It is well known that using the spherical harmonics up to degree $L \in \mathbb N$ as ansatz space yields for functions in $\mathcal C^{L+1}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ the approximation order $\mathcal O \left( h^{L+1} \right)$, where $h$ denotes the fill distance of the sampling nodes. In this paper we show that the dimension of the ansatz space can be almost halved, by including only spherical harmonics of even or odd degree up to $L$, while preserving the same order of approximation. Numerical experiments indicate that using the reduced ansatz space is essential to ensure the numerical stability of the MLS approximation scheme as $h \to 0$. Finally, we compare our approach with an MLS approximation scheme that uses polynomials on the tangent space as ansatz space.
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spellingShingle An Optimal Ansatz Space for Moving Least Squares Approximation on Spheres
Hielscher, Ralf
Pöschl, Tim
Numerical Analysis
65D15, 65D10, 65D07
We revisit the moving least squares (MLS) approximation scheme on the sphere $\mathbb S^{d-1} \subset \mathbb R^d$, where $d>1$. It is well known that using the spherical harmonics up to degree $L \in \mathbb N$ as ansatz space yields for functions in $\mathcal C^{L+1}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ the approximation order $\mathcal O \left( h^{L+1} \right)$, where $h$ denotes the fill distance of the sampling nodes. In this paper we show that the dimension of the ansatz space can be almost halved, by including only spherical harmonics of even or odd degree up to $L$, while preserving the same order of approximation. Numerical experiments indicate that using the reduced ansatz space is essential to ensure the numerical stability of the MLS approximation scheme as $h \to 0$. Finally, we compare our approach with an MLS approximation scheme that uses polynomials on the tangent space as ansatz space.
title An Optimal Ansatz Space for Moving Least Squares Approximation on Spheres
topic Numerical Analysis
65D15, 65D10, 65D07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15570