核心概念
Functions in the Sobolev space with dominating mixed smoothness on an N-dimensional hyperrectangle can be uniquely represented in terms of their highest-order mixed derivative and suitable boundary values. This representation enables optimal polynomial approximation of such functions by projecting the boundary values onto polynomial subspaces.
要約
The paper proposes a new representation for functions in an N-dimensional Sobolev space with dominating mixed smoothness. It is shown that these functions can be expressed in terms of their highest-order mixed derivative and their lower-order derivatives evaluated along suitable boundaries of the domain. This expansion is proven to be invertible, uniquely identifying any function in the Sobolev space with its derivatives and boundary values.
The key insights are:
- Any function u in the Sobolev space Sδ
2[Ω] can be expressed as:
u(s) = Σ0≤α≤δ Gδ
α Bα-δ Dα u(s), where Bα-δ extracts the boundary values and Gδ
α are suitable operators.
- This representation establishes a bijective relation between the Sobolev space Sδ
2[Ω] and the space Lδ
2[Ω] of boundary values.
- Using this bijection, the paper shows how approximation of functions in Sδ
2[Ω] can be performed in the less restrictive space Lδ
2[Ω], by projecting the boundary values onto polynomial subspaces.
- Two approximation methods are presented - one using Legendre polynomials and one using step functions. Both exhibit better convergence behavior than direct projection of the function u.
引用
"A new representation is proposed for functions in a Sobolev space with dominating mixed smoothness on an N-dimensional hyperrectangle."
"It is shown that these functions can be expressed in terms of their highest-order mixed derivative, as well as their lower-order derivatives evaluated along suitable boundaries of the domain."
"Using this bijection, it is shown how approximation of functions in Sobolev space can be performed in the less restrictive space L2, reconstructing such an approximation of the function from an L2-optimal projection of its boundary values and highest-order derivative."