## Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

### The Covering Number for Some Mercer Kernel Hilbert Spaces on the Unit Sphere

#### Abstract

In the present paper, we estimate the covering number for some reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces on the unit sphere. Both the upper bounds and the lower bounds are provided.

#### Article information

Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 15, Number 3 (2011), 1325-1340.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 July 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406302

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406302

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2829914

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1237.41009

#### Citation

Sheng, Baohuai; Wang, Jianli; Chen, Zhixiang. The Covering Number for Some Mercer Kernel Hilbert Spaces on the Unit Sphere. Taiwanese J. Math. 15 (2011), no. 3, 1325--1340. doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406302. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406302

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