Full length article: On the size of incoherent systems

  • Authors:
  • J. L. Nelson;V. N. Temlyakov

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Approximation Theory
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper concerns systems with small coherence parameter. Simple greedy-type algorithms perform well on these systems, which are also useful in the construction of compressed sensing matrices. We discuss the following problems for both R^n and C^n. How large can a dictionary be, if we prescribe the coherence parameter? How small could the resulting coherence parameter be, if we impose a size on the dictionary? How could we construct such a system? Several fundamental results from different areas of mathematics shed light on these important problems with far-reaching implications in approximation theory.