NEWTON_INTERP_1D
Polynomial Interpolation with Newton Divided Differences


NEWTON_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which finds a polynomial interpolant to data using Newton divided differences.

NEWTON_INTERP_1D needs access to the R8LIB libraries. The test code also needs access to the TEST_INTERP library.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

NEWTON_INTERP_1D is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

BARYCENTRIC_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which defines and evaluates the barycentric Lagrange polynomial p(x) which interpolates a set of data, so that p(x(i)) = y(i). The barycentric approach means that very high degree polynomials can safely be used.

CHEBYSHEV_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which determines the combination of Chebyshev polynomials which interpolates a set of data, so that p(x(i)) = y(i).

DIVDIF, a C++ library which uses divided differences to compute the polynomial interpolant to a given set of data.

HERMITE, a C++ library which computes the Hermite interpolant, a polynomial that matches function values and derivatives.

LAGRANGE_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which defines and evaluates the Lagrange polynomial p(x) which interpolates a set of data, so that p(x(i)) = y(i).

NEAREST_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which interpolates a set of data using a piecewise constant interpolant defined by the nearest neighbor criterion.

PWL_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which interpolates a set of data using a piecewise linear interpolant.

R8LIB, a C++ library which contains many utility routines, using double precision real (R8) arithmetic.

RBF_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which defines and evaluates radial basis function (RBF) interpolants to 1D data.

SHEPARD_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which defines and evaluates Shepard interpolants to 1D data, which are based on inverse distance weighting.

SPLINE, a C++ library which constructs and evaluates spline interpolants and approximants.

TEST_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which defines test problems for interpolation of data y(x), depending on a 2D argument.

VANDERMONDE_INTERP_1D, a C++ library which finds a polynomial interpolant to data y(x) of a 1D argument 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.

Source Code:

Examples and Tests:

The code generates some plots of the data and approximants.

List of Routines:

You can go up one level to the C++ source codes.


Last modified on 10 July 2015.