Properties of local orthonormal systems, Part III: Variation spaces

Abstract: In [Y.~K.~Hu, K.~A.~Kopotun, X.~M.~Yu, Constr. Approx. 2000], the authors have obtained a characterization of best $n$-term piecewise polynomial approximation spaces as real interpolation spaces between $L^p$ and some spaces of bounded dyadic ring variation. We extend this characterization to the general setting of binary filtrations and finite-dimensional subspaces of $L^\infty$ as discussed in our earlier papers [J.~Gulgowski, A.~Kamont, M.~Passenbrunner, arXiv:2303.16470 and arXiv:2304.05647]. Furthermore, we study some analytical properties of thus obtained abstract spaces of bounded ring variation, as well as their connection to greedy approximation by corresponding local orthonormal systems.