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Among other things, we prove that multiquadric surface interpolation is always solvable, thereby settling a conjecture of R. Franke.
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Micchelli, C.A. Interpolation of scattered data: Distance matrices and conditionally positive definite functions. Constr. Approx 2, 11–22 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01893414
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