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Lecture

Piecewise Linear Interpolation

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MATH-250: Advanced numerical analysis I

Construction and analysis of numerical methods for the solution of problems from linear algebra, integration, approximation, and differentiation. ...

MATH-251(c): Numerical analysis

Le cours présente des méthodes numériques pour la résolution de problèmes mathématiques comme des systèmes d'équations linéaires ou non linéaires, l'approximation de fonctions, l'intégration et la dérivation, et les équations différentielles. ...

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This lecture covers the concept of piecewise linear interpolation, where the function is interpolated on each sub-interval by determining the interpolation nodes internally. The instructor explains the process step by step, emphasizing the importance of dividing the intervals correctly to achieve accurate results.

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Daniel Kressner

Annalisa Buffa

Simone Deparis

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Analysis: Numerical analysis

Related concepts (23)

Interpolation

In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, interpolation is a type of estimation, a method of constructing (finding) new data points based on the range of a discrete set of known data points. In engineering and science, one often has a number of data points, obtained by sampling or experimentation, which represent the values of a function for a limited number of values of the independent variable. It is often required to interpolate; that is, estimate the value of that function for an intermediate value of the independent variable.

Multivariate interpolation

In numerical analysis, multivariate interpolation is interpolation on functions of more than one variable (multivariate functions); when the variates are spatial coordinates, it is also known as spatial interpolation. The function to be interpolated is known at given points and the interpolation problem consists of yielding values at arbitrary points . Multivariate interpolation is particularly important in geostatistics, where it is used to create a digital elevation model from a set of points on the Earth's surface (for example, spot heights in a topographic survey or depths in a hydrographic survey).

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. 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.

Spline interpolation

In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, spline interpolation is a form of interpolation where the interpolant is a special type of piecewise polynomial called a spline. That is, instead of fitting a single, high-degree polynomial to all of the values at once, spline interpolation fits low-degree polynomials to small subsets of the values, for example, fitting nine cubic polynomials between each of the pairs of ten points, instead of fitting a single degree-ten polynomial to all of them.

Linear interpolation

In mathematics, linear interpolation is a method of curve fitting using linear polynomials to construct new data points within the range of a discrete set of known data points. If the two known points are given by the coordinates and , the linear interpolant is the straight line between these points. For a value in the interval , the value along the straight line is given from the equation of slopes which can be derived geometrically from the figure on the right. It is a special case of polynomial interpolation with .

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