The power of standard information for multivariate approximation in the randomized setting

G. W. Wasilkowski, H. Woźniakowski

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Abstract

We study approximating multivariate functions from a reproducing kernel Hilbert space with the error between the function and its approximation measured in a weighted L2-norm. We consider functions with an arbitrarily large number of variables, d, and we focus on the randomized setting with algorithms using standard information consisting of function values at randomly chosen points. We prove that standard information in the randomized setting is as powerful as linear information in the worst case setting. Linear information means that algorithms may use arbitrary continuous linear functionals, and by the power of information we mean the speed of convergence of the nth minimal errors, i.e., of the minimal errors among all algorithms using n function evaluations. Previously, it was only known that standard information in the randomized setting is no more powerful than the linear information in the worst case setting. We also study (strong) tractability of multivariate approximation in the randomized setting. That is, we study when the minimal number of function evaluations needed to reduce the initial error by a factor e is polynomial in ∈-1 (strong tractability), and polynomial in d and ∈-1 (tractability). We prove that these notions in the randomized setting for standard information are equivalent to the same notions in the worst case setting for linear information. This result is useful since for a number of important applications only standard information can be used and verifying (strong) tractability for standard information is in general difficult, whereas (strong) tractability in the worst case setting for linear information is known for many spaces and is relatively easy to check. We illustrate the tractability results for weighted Korobov spaces. In particular, we present necessary and sufficient conditions for strong tractability and tractability. For product weights independent of d, we prove that strong tractability is equivalent to tractability. We stress that all proofs are constructive. That is, we provide randomized algorithms that enjoy the maximal speed of convergence. We also exhibit randomized algorithms which achieve strong tractability and tractability error bounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)965-988
Number of pages24
JournalMathematics of Computation
Volume76
Issue number258
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007

Keywords

  • Monte Carlo methods
  • Randomized algorithms
  • Tractability
  • Weighted multivariate approximation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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