ABSTRACT

Examples 4.1 Polynomial evaluation 4.2 Direct fit polynomials 4.3 Lagrange polynomials 4.4 Neville's method 4.5 Divided difference table 4.6 Divided difference polynomial 4.7 Difference table 4.8 Newton forward-difference polynomial 4.9 Newton backward-difference polynomial

4.10 Inverse interpolation 4.11 Successive univariate quadratic interpolation 4.12 Direct multivariate linear interpolation 4.13 Cubic splines 4.14 Least squares straight line approximation 4.15 Least squares quadratic polynomial approximation 4.16 Least squares quadratic bivariate polynomial approximation