Smoothing Approximations to Non-smooth Functions

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2, 69 - 74, 21.01.2019

Ahmet Sahiner , Nurullah Yilmaz , Shehab Ahmed Ibrahem

Öz

In this study, a new smoothing method is proposed for non-smooth functions. The theoretical results and error estimates are presented about this new smoothing method. Finally, some numerical examples are given.

Anahtar Kelimeler

non-smooth functions, , smoothing techniques

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