Restricted Isometry Constants in Compressed Sensing
Restricted Isometry Constants in Compressed Sensing Bubacarr Bah Doctor of Philosophy University of Edinburgh 2012 Declaration I declare that this thesis was composed by myself and that the work contained therein is my own, except where explicitly stated otherwise in the text. (Bubacarr Bah) 3 To my grandmother, Mama Juma Sowe. 4 Acknowledgement I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Jared Tanner, for his guid- ance and support during the course of my PhD. I would follow this with special thanks to my second supervisor, Dr. Coralia Cartis, for her regular monitoring of my progress and her encouragement. Further special thanks to my sponsor the University of Edinburgh through the MTEM Scholarships created in 2007 by the Principal, Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea. My sincere gratitude goes to Professor Endre Suli of Oxford University who informed me of, and recommended me for, this PhD opening with Professor Jared Tanner and also to my MSc dissertation supervisor, Dr. Radek Erban of Oxford University, for recommending me for this PhD programme. Many thanks to both the admin and support staff of the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, that contributed to making my PhD programme proceed smoothly. Similar thanks go to members of the Mathematics Teaching Organisation of the school. I would like to thank the following people for contributing to my research either by responding to a question I posed, discussing an issue pertaining to my research or giving me feedback on my research: Dennis Amelunxen, Jeff Blanchard, Burak Burke, Prof. David Donoho, Martin Lotz, Andrew Thompson, Ke Wei, Pavel Zhlobich.
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