In mathematics, approximation theory is concerned with how functions can best be approximated with simpler functions, and with quantitatively characterizing...
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An approximation is anything that is intentionally similar but not exactly equal to something else. The word approximation is derived from Latin approximatus...
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In the field of machine learning, the universal approximation theorems state that neural networks with a certain structure can, in principle, approximate...
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Research Italian network on Approximation, and responsible for the Unione Matematica Italiana Thematic Group on "Approximation Theory and Applications (A.T...
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useful approximation for a few terms, but at some point becomes less accurate if even more terms are added. The breakthrough from chaos theory was an...
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Gaetano Fichera (section Approximation theory)
of eigenvalue theory began with the paper (Fichera 1955b), where he formalizes a method developed by Mauro Picone for the approximation of eigenvalues...
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In number theory, the study of Diophantine approximation deals with the approximation of real numbers by rational numbers. It is named after Diophantus...
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Bragg–Williams approximation, models on Bethe lattice, Landau theory, Curie-Weiss law for magnetic susceptibility, Flory–Huggins solution theory, and Scheutjens–Fleer...
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special functions, numerical analysis, approximation theory and other related subjects mathematical analysis, theory of elliptic partial differential equations...
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needed] two major classes of function approximation problems: First, for known target functions approximation theory is the branch of numerical analysis...
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Carlo Severini (section Approximation theory)
authored more than 60 papers, mainly in the areas of real analysis, approximation theory and partial differential equations, according to Tricomi (1962)....
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Sergei Bernstein (category Approximation theorists)
differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory. Bernstein was born into the Jewish family of prominent Ukrainian...
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Mathematics: Approximation theory — Arakelov theory — Asymptotic theory — Bifurcation theory — Catastrophe theory — Category theory — Chaos theory — Choquet...
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Automata theory is the study of abstract machines and automata, as well as the computational problems that can be solved using them. It is a theory in theoretical...
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Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations...
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Elliott Ward Cheney Jr. (category Approximation theory)
pioneers in the fields of approximation theory and numerical analysis. His 1966 book, An Introduction to Approximation Theory, remains in print and is...
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Bernstein's theorem (polynomials) (category Approximation theory)
disk. It was proven by Sergei Bernstein while he was working on approximation theory. Let max | z | = 1 | f ( z ) | {\displaystyle \max _{|z|=1}|f(z)|}...
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calculations in quantum chemistry until the 1990s, when the approximations used in the theory were greatly refined to better model the exchange and correlation...
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mathematician, who made major contributions to the Approximation theory. The modern Complex Approximation Theory is based on Mergelyan's classical work. Corresponding...
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In approximation theory, Bernstein's theorem is a converse to Jackson's theorem. The first results of this type were proved by Sergei Bernstein in 1912...
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mathematics, Stirling's approximation (or Stirling's formula) is an asymptotic approximation for factorials. It is a good approximation, leading to accurate...
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In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...
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In quantum mechanics, perturbation theory is a set of approximation schemes directly related to mathematical perturbation for describing a complicated...
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In physics, a gauge theory is a type of field theory in which the Lagrangian, and hence the dynamics of the system itself, does not change under local...
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In number theory, Dirichlet's theorem on Diophantine approximation, also called Dirichlet's approximation theorem, states that for any real numbers α...
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In computer science and operations research, approximation algorithms are efficient algorithms that find approximate solutions to optimization problems...
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Journal of Approximation Theory is "devoted to advances in pure and applied approximation theory and related areas." "Journal of Approximation Theory - Elsevier"...
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Asymptotic analysis (redirect from Asymptotic approximation)
statistics, however. Non-asymptotic bounds are provided by methods of approximation theory. Examples of applications are the following. In applied mathematics...
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mathematical theories. Almgren–Pitts min-max theory Approximation theory Arakelov theory Asymptotic theory Automata theory Bass–Serre theory Bifurcation theory Braid...
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discrete mathematics, graph theory, number theory, mathematical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory. Much of his work centered...
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