Written by leading experts, this book provides a clear and comprehensive
survey of the "status quo" of the interrelating process and
cross-fertilization of structures and methods in mathematical geodesy.
Starting with a foundation of functional analysis, potential theory,
constructive approximation, special function theory, and inverse
problems, readers are subsequently introduced to today's least squares
approximation, spherical harmonics reflected spline and wavelet
concepts, boundary value problems, Runge-Walsh framework, geodetic
observables, geoidal modeling, ill-posed problems and regularizations,
inverse gravimetry, and satellite gravity gradiometry. All chapters are
self-contained and can be studied individually, making the book an ideal
resource for both graduate students and active researchers who want to
acquaint themselves with the mathematical aspects of modern geodesy.