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\footnotesize 3rd Workshop on High-Dimensional Approximation \\
HDA09 --- February 16--20, 2009 --- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia \\[12pt]
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\talktitle{Approximation of smooth functions in the $L_\infty$-norm}
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\talkauthor{Tim Jones}
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  Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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  Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University, Australia
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  Roger Davis (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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  William Smith (University of Toronto, Canada)
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In this fantastic talk we will give you an overview of the nice properties
you can expect from function approximations in the $L_\infty$-norm.
We pay special attention to the case when the dimensionality $s$ also goes
to $\infty$.

As an aside, we want to stress that abstracts don't have to be long.
Moreover, if you go over one page, it will be rejected.

This work is based on previous work by the authors, see \cite{DJ2004} and
\cite{DS2008}.

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\bibitem{DJ2004}
Roger Davis and Tim Jones.
\newblock A perfect approximation.
\newblock In Harald Niederreiter, editor, {\em {M}onte-{C}arlo and
  Quasi-{M}onte {C}arlo Methods - 2002}, pages 2022--2033. Springer-Verlag,
  2004.
\bibitem{DS2008}
Roger Davis and William Smith.
\newblock Why we need perfect functions for perfect approximations.
\newblock {\em Journal of Complexity}, 122(3):2100--2102, 2008.
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