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On the Characterization of Quadratic Splines

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  • B. T. Chen

    (Washington State University)

  • K. Madsen

    (Technical University of Denmark)

  • S. Zhang

    (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

A quadratic spline is a differentiable piecewise quadratic function. Many problems in the numerical analysis and optimization literature can be reformulated as unconstrained minimizations of quadratic splines. However, only special cases of quadratic splines have been studied in the existing literature and algorithms have been developed on a case-by-case basis. There lacks an analytical representation of a general or even convex quadratic spline. The current paper fills this gap by providing an analytical representation of a general quadratic spline. Furthermore, for a convex quadratic spline, it is shown that the representation can be refined in the neighborhood of a nondegenerate point and a set of nondegenerate minimizers. Based on these characterizations, many existing algorithms for specific convex quadratic splines are also finitely convergent for a general convex quadratic spline. Finally, we study the relationship between the convexity of a quadratic spline function and the monotonicity of the corresponding linear complementarity problem. It is shown that, although both conditions lead to easy solvability of the problem, they are different in general.

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  • B. T. Chen & K. Madsen & S. Zhang, 2005. "On the Characterization of Quadratic Splines," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 124(1), pages 93-111, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joptap:v:124:y:2005:i:1:d:10.1007_s10957-004-6467-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-004-6467-8
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