On Optimal Cardinal Interpolation

Abstract

For the Hardy classes of functions analytic in the strip around real axis of a size 2β, an optimal method of cardinal interpolation has been proposed within the framework of Optimal Recovery [12]. Below this method, based on the Jacobi elliptic functions, is shown to be optimal according to the criteria of Nonparametric Regression and Optimal Design.

In a stochastic non-asymptotic setting, the maximal mean squared error of the optimal interpolant is evaluated explicitly, for all noise levels away from 0. A pivotal role is played by the interference effect, in which the oscillations exhibited by the interpolant’s bias and variance mutually cancel each other. In the limiting case β → ∞, the optimal interpolant converges to the well-knownNyquist–Shannon cardinal series.