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Approximation Theory
(dt. Approximationstheorie)

Level, degree of commitment Specialization module, depends on importing study program
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture (4 SWS), recitation class (2 SWS),
270 hours (90 h attendance, 180 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 9 CP
Course requirement(s): Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises.
Examination type: Written or oral examination (individual examination)
Language,
Grading		 English,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Mathematics.
Subject, Origin Mathematics, M.Sc. Mathematics
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
Regularly alternating with other specialization modules in angewandter Mathematics
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Christian Rieger

Contents

function spaces, best approximation, approximation with polynomials, splines and trigonometric functions, smoothness modules and K-functions


Qualification Goals

Students will

  • correctly recognize and appreciate the relevance of approximation theory to practical problems, such as those in numerics, and possess the approximation-theoretic tools to solve these problems,
  • understand how methods of linear algebra, analysis and numerics interact,
  • re-evaluate knowledge from the basic modules and some advanced modules,
  • recognize the relationships of approximation theory to other areas of mathematics and to other sciences,
  • have deepened mathematical working methods (developing mathematical intuition and its formal justification, abstraction, proof),
  • have improved their oral communication skills in exercises by practicing free speech in front of an audience and in discussion.

Prerequisites

None. The competences taught in the following modules are recommended: either Foundations of Mathematics and Linear Algebra I and Linear Algebra II or Basic Linear Algebra, either Analysis I and Analysis II or Basic Real Analysis.


Recommended Reading

  • DeVore, R., Lorenz, G.G., Constructive Approximation, Springer, New York, 1993
  • Powell, M.J.D., Approximation Theory and Methods, Cambridge Univer-sity Press, 1981
  • Cheney, W., Light, W., A Course on Approximation Theory, Brooks/-Cole Publishing Company, 1999



Please note:

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