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Low-rank approximation of analytic kernels

Published: September 17, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2509.14017v1

By: Marcus Webb

Potential Business Impact:

Makes computer math faster for science.

Business Areas:
Analytics Data and Analytics

Many algorithms in scientific computing and data science take advantage of low-rank approximation of matrices and kernels, and understanding why nearly-low-rank structure occurs is essential for their analysis and further development. This paper provides a framework for bounding the best low-rank approximation error of matrices arising from samples of a kernel that is analytically continuable in one of its variables to an open region of the complex plane. Elegantly, the low-rank approximations used in the proof are computable by rational interpolation using the roots and poles of Zolotarev rational functions, leading to a fast algorithm for their construction.

Country of Origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Page Count
20 pages

Category
Mathematics:
Numerical Analysis (Math)