On the representation by bivariate ridge functions

Abstract

We consider the problem of representation of a bivariate function by sums of ridge functions. We show that if a function of a certain smoothness class is represented by a sum of finitely many, arbitrarily behaved ridge functions, then it can also be represented by a sum of ridge functions of the same smoothness class. As an example, this result is applied to a homogeneous constant coefficient partial differential equation.