lagrange_interp_1d


lagrange_interp_1d, an Octave code which defines and evaluates the Lagrange polynomial p(x) which interpolates a set of data, so that p(x(i)) = y(i).

The test uses the test_interp_1d() library.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

lagrange_interp_1d is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

lagrange_interp_1d_test

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rbf_interp_1d, an Octave code which defines and evaluates radial basis function (RBF) interpolants to 1d data.

shepard_interp_1d, an Octave code which defines and evaluates Shepard interpolants to 1d data, which are based on inverse distance weighting.

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test_interp_1d, an Octave code which defines test problems for interpolation of data y(x), depending on a 1d argument.

vandermonde_interp_1d, an Octave code which finds a polynomial interpolant to a function of 1d data by setting up and solving a linear system for the polynomial coefficients, involving the Vandermonde matrix.

Reference:

  1. Kendall Atkinson,
    An Introduction to Numerical Analysis,
    Prentice Hall, 1989,
    ISBN: 0471624896,
    LC: QA297.A94.1989.
  2. Philip Davis,
    Interpolation and Approximation,
    Dover, 1975,
    ISBN: 0-486-62495-1,
    LC: QA221.D33
  3. David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
    Numerical Methods and Software,
    Prentice Hall, 1989,
    ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
    LC: TA345.K34.

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Last modified on 01 June 2023.