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Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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Linear superposition of smooth functions
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1974), 360-362 Request permission

Abstract:

We give a simple proof of the impossibility of representing an arbitrary continuous function as a superposition (1), when ${F_1}, \cdots ,{F_N}$ are smooth mappings of ${R^{n + 1}}$ to ${R^n}$. The main tool is the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma.
References
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1974 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1974), 360-362
  • MSC: Primary 26A72; Secondary 46E15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0352374-2
  • MathSciNet review: 0352374