Modern developments in multivariate approximation. Proceedings of the 5th international conference, Witten-Bommerholz, Germany, September 22--27, 2002 (Q1416066)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference (4, 2000) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0972.00049). Indexed articles: \textit{Albrecher, Hansjörg; Hartinger, Jürgen; Tichy, Robert F.}, Multivariate approximation methods for the pricing of catastrophe-linked bonds, 21-39 [Zbl 1037.65001] \textit{Brauchart, Johann S.}, Note on a generalized invariance principle and its relevance for cap discrepancy and energy, 41-55 [Zbl 1038.11046] \textit{Charina, Maria; Conti, Costanza}, On properties of nonstationary divided difference vector subdivision schemes, 57-69 [Zbl 1034.42034] \textit{Chui, Charles K.; Jiang, Qingtang}, Multivariate balanced vector-valued refinable functions, 71-102 [Zbl 1034.42035] \textit{Dryanov, Dimiter P.}, Transfinite interpolation by blending functions, best one-sided \(L^1\)-approximation, and cubature formulae, 103-123 [Zbl 1035.41019] \textit{Dyn, Nira; Levin, David; Luzzatto, Ariel}, Refining oscillatory signals by non-stationary subdivision schemes, 125-142 [Zbl 1043.94516] \textit{Dziedziul, Karol; Jetter, Kurt}, Asymptotic error expansions for Schoenberg type operators, 143-152 [Zbl 1050.42022] \textit{Iske, Armin}, On the approximation order and numerical stability of local Lagrange interpolation by polyharmonic splines, 153-165 [Zbl 1040.41002] \textit{Karp, Lavi; Shapiro, Harold S.}, Isolated singularities of harmonic functions, 167-174 [Zbl 1044.31002] \textit{Kunoth, Angela}, Two applications of adaptive wavelet methods, 175-201 [Zbl 1039.42035] \textit{Le Méhauté, Alain}, Almost interpolation and radial basis functions, 203-214 [Zbl 1039.41002] \textit{Nürnberger, Günther; Zeilfelder, Frank}, Fundamental splines on triangulations, 215-233 [Zbl 1040.41003] \textit{Plonka, Gerlind; Tasche, Manfred}, Integer DCT-II by lifting steps, 235-252 [Zbl 1036.65118] \textit{Reimer, Manfred}, Approximation of density functions and reconstruction of the approximant, 253-261 [Zbl 1044.41004] \textit{Sablonnière, Paul}, On some multivariate quadratic spline quasi-interpolants on bounded domains, 263-278 [Zbl 1040.41004] \textit{Sauer, Tomas}, How to generate smoother refinable functions from given ones, 279-293 [Zbl 1049.42029] \textit{Wendland, Holger}, Reconstructing multivariate functions from large data sets, 295-308 [Zbl 1033.41006] \textit{Zimmermann, Georg}, Three scale versus matrix refinement equations, 309-319 [Zbl 1042.41006]