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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. |
Origin | 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.
Applicability
The module can be attended at FB12 in study program(s)
- B.Sc. Mathematics
- B.Sc. Business Mathematics
- M.Sc. Data Science
- M.Sc. Computer Science
- M.Sc. Mathematics
- M.Sc. Business Mathematics
- LAaG Mathematics
When studying M.Sc. Mathematics, this module can be attended in the study area Compulsory Elective Modules in Mathematics.
The module can also be used in other study programs (export module).
The module is assigned to Applied Mathematics. Further information on eligibility can be found in the description of the study area.
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:
This page describes a module according to the latest valid module guide in Winter semester 2023/24. Most rules valid for a module are not covered by the examination regulations and can therefore be updated on a semesterly basis. The following versions are available in the online module guide:
- Winter 2016/17
- Summer 2018
- Winter 2018/19
- Winter 2019/20
- Winter 2020/21
- Summer 2021
- Winter 2021/22
- Winter 2022/23
- Winter 2023/24
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