Polynomial Interpolation - Purdue University
www.cs.purdue.edu › homes › ren105For n = 3, for example, det(V) = (x 1 −x 0)(x 2 −x 0)(x 3 −x 0)(x 2 −x 1)(x 3 −x 1)(x 3 −x 2) Hence a can be uniquely determined as a = V −1f. Another proof of the uniqueness of the interpolating polynomial can be given as follows. Theorem 4.1 Uniqueness of interpolating polynomial. Given a set of points x 0 < x 1 < ··· < x n,