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Splicing n-Convex Functions using Splines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

G. E. Cross*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1
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Abstract

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It is proved that a regular piecewise n-convex function differs from an n-convex function only by a polynomial spline of degree n - 1. The argument is given in terms of Peano and de la Vallée Poussin derivatives.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1980

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