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Approximation and Interpolation

In: Numerical Analysis

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  • Walter Gautschi

    (Purdue University, Department of Computer Sciences)

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The present chapter is basically concerned with the approximation of functions. The functions in question may be functions defined on a continuum – typically a finite interval –or functions defined only on a finite set of points. The first instance arises, for example, in the context of special functions (elementary or transcendental) that one wishes to evaluate as a part of a subroutine. Since any such evaluation must be reduced to a finite number of arithmetic operations, we must ultimately approximate the function by means of a polynomial or a rational function. The second instance is frequently encountered in the physical sciences when measurements are taken of a certain physical quantity as a function of some other physical quantity (such as time). In either case one wants to approximate the given function “as well as possible” in terms of other simpler functions.

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  • Walter Gautschi, 2012. "Approximation and Interpolation," Springer Books, in: Numerical Analysis, edition 0, chapter 0, pages 55-158, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-8176-8259-0_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-8259-0_2
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