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Approximation Theory and Approximation Practice (Nick Trefethen)

University of Oxford

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A graduate-level course by Nick Trefethen at Oxford on classical approximation theory, especially polynomial and rational approximation, and how to apply it numerically. Lectures are published online as videos.

One commenter points to Trefethen's lectures as the place to go for classical approximation with polynomials, alongside his Chebfun software.

Mathematicsadvancedfreevideo lectures#approximation theory#polynomial approximation#chebyshev#numerical analysis#trefethen

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  1. Recommendsalleycat50002019in “A visual proof that neural nets can approximate any function”

    If you're interested in classical approximation with polynomials, check out Nick Trefethen's lectures on the subject.

    https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/atapvideos.html

    Chebfun is pretty cool too!

    http://www.chebfun.org

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