On the representability of a continuous multivariate function by sums of ridge functions.

In this paper, new conditions are found for the representability of a continuous multivariate function as a sum of ridge functions. Using these conditions, we give a new proof for the earlier theorem solving the problem, posed by A.Pinkus in his monograph "Ridge Functions", up to a multivariate polynomial. That is, we show that if a continuous multivariate function has a representation as a sum of arbitrarily behaved ridge functions, then it can be represented as a sum of continuous ridge functions and some multivariate polynomial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]