Multivariate Interpolation with Increasingly Flat Radial Basis Functions

We consider the problem of multivariate interpolation with radial basis functions consisting of a scaling parameter. In particular, we discuss the limit of interpolants by radial basis functions in $\R^d$ as the scaling parameter of the RBFs goes to zero, i.e., the RBFs become increasingly flat. We present that the limit is a polynomial interpolant when the RBF is infinitely smooth and a polyharmonic interpolant when the RBF is of finitely smoothness.

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Computational Mathematics & Statistics