INTERPOLATION
INTERPOLATION
This means that for the function y = f(x) the known values at x = x0 , x1 , x2 ,.........,
xn are respectively y = y0 ,y1 , y2 ,.........,yn and we want to find value of y at any
point x.
For this purpose we fit a polynomial to these datas called interpolating
polynomial. After getting the polynomial p(x) which is an approximation to f(x),
we can find the value of y at any point x
Polynomial interpolation
In numerical analysis, polynomial interpolation is the interpolation of a given bivariate data set by
the polynomial of lowest possible degree that passes through the points of the dataset.[1]
Given a set of n + 1 data points , with no two the same, a polynomial function is said
to interpolate the data if for each .
There is always a unique such polynomial, commonly given by two explicit formulas, the Lagrange
polynomials and Newton polynomials.
Applications
In numerical analysis,
For example, given a = f(x) = a0x0 + a1x1 + ··· and b = g(x) = b0x0 + b1x1 + ···, the product ab is a
specific value of W(x) = f(x).g(x). One may easily find points along W(x) at small values of x, and
interpolation based on those points will yield the terms of W(x) and the specific product ab.
Lagrange polynomial
Uses
Linear interpolation
It is interpolation by the line through points (x1, y1) and (x0, y0)
Linear interpolation is P1(x) = l0 y0 + l1 y1
Where l0 = (x- x1) /(x0 - x1) and l1 = (x- x0) /(x1 - x0)