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Basis function
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In mathematics, particularly numerical analysis, a basis function is an element of the basis for a function space. The term is a degeneration of the term basis vector for a more general vector space; that is, each function in the function space can be represented as a linear combination of the basis functions.
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The collection of quadratic polynomials with real coefficients has {1, t, t²} as a basis. Every quadratic can be written as a1+bt+ct², that is, as a linear combination of the basis functions 1, t, and t². The set {(1/2)(t-1)(t-2), -t(t-2), (1/2)t(t-1)} is another basis for quadratic polynomials, called the Lagrange basis.
Sines and cosines form an (orthonormal) basis for square-integrable functions. As a particular example, the collection:
forms a basis for L2(0,1).
- Ito, Kiyosi (1993). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics, 2nd ed., MIT Press, p. 1141. ISBN 0262590204.
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