Abstract
A central theme concerning interpolating sets and precision classes of linear transformations is developed. The ideas are illustrated with two sequences of topical examples:
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Smooth surface construction on scattered data and
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The numerical implementation of blending on rectangular grids. Special attention is drawn to composite methods involving pairs of projectors which do not commute.
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Lancaster, P. (1979). Composite Methods for Generating Surfaces. In: Sahney, B.N. (eds) Polynomial and Spline Approximation. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9443-0_6
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