Lagrange Interpolation - USM
www.math.usm.edu › lambers › mat772n(x) is called the interpolating polynomial of f(x). We say that p n(x) interpolates f(x) at the points x 0;x 1;:::;x n. Example We will use Lagrange interpolation to nd the unique polynomial p 3(x), of degree 3 or less, that agrees with the following data: i x i y i 0 1 3 1 0 4 2 1 5 3 2 6 2
LECTURE 3 LAGRANGE INTERPOLATION
coast.nd.edu › jjwteach › wwwLagrange Cubic Interpolation Using Basis Functions • For Cubic Lagrange interpolation, N=3 Example • Consider the following table of functional values (generated with ) • Find as: 0 0.40 -0.916291 1 0.50 -0.693147 2 0.70 -0.356675 3 0.80 -0.223144 fx = lnx i x i f i g 0.60 gx f o xx– 1 xx– 2 xx– 3 x o – x 1 x o – x