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In this paper, we consider multivariate interpolation with radial basis functions of finite smoothness. In particular, we show that interpolants by radial basis functions in ℝd with finite smoothness of even order converge to a polyharmonic spline interpolant as the scale parameter of the radial basis functions goes to zero, i.e., the radial basis functions become increasingly flat.
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Song, G., Riddle, J., Fasshauer, G.E. et al. Multivariate interpolation with increasingly flat radial basis functions of finite smoothness. Adv Comput Math 36, 485–501 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-011-9192-5
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