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InterpolatingPolynomial

Usage

InterpolatingPolynomial[data, var] gives a polynomial in the variable var which provides an exact fit to a list of data.
• The data can have the forms {{ ,  }, { ,  }, ... } or { ,  , ... }, where in the second case, the  are taken to have values 1, 2, ... .
• The  can be replaced by { ,  ,  , ... }, specifying derivatives at the points  .


Notes

• With a list of data of length  , InterpolatingPolynomial gives a polynomial of degree  .
• Example: InterpolatingPolynomial[ 4, 5, 8 , x]LongRightArrow .
InterpolatingPolynomial gives the interpolating polynomial in Newton form, suitable for numerical evaluation.
• See Section 3.3.4.
• See also: Fit, Roots.
• Related package: NumericalMath`PolynomialFit`.
• New in Version 2.


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