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Math 6610 • Analysis of Numerical Methods I

Fall 1999 • Question 2

Spline Spaces Let \(T\) be a triangulation of a domain \(\Omega \), and \(S\) the linear space of functions on \(T\) that are continuous on \(\Omega \) and that on each triangle in \(T\) can be written as a (bivariate) polynomial of degree \(d\). Derive the dimension of \(S\)?

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{Spline Spaces}
Let \(T\) be a triangulation of a domain \(\Omega\), and \(S\) the linear space of
functions on \(T\) that are continuous on \(\Omega\) and that on each triangle in \(T\)
can be written as a (bivariate) polynomial of degree \(d\). Derive the dimension of
\(S\)?