Polynomial interpolation - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial_interpolationPolynomials can be used to approximate complicated curves, for example, the shapes of letters in typography, given a few points. A relevant application is the evaluation of the natural logarithm and trigonometric functions: pick a few known data points, create a lookup table, and interpolate between those data points. This results in significantly faster computations. Polynomial interpolation also forms the basis for algorithms in numerical quadrature and numerical ordinary …
METHOD OF QUADRATIC INTERPOLATION
people.math.sc.edu › Quadratic_InterpolationMETHOD OF QUADRATIC INTERPOLATION KELLER VANDEBOGERT 1. Introduction Interpolation methods are a common approach to the more general area of line search for optimization. In the case of quadratic inter-polation, the function’s critical value is bracketed, and a quadratic interpolant is tted to the arc contained in the interval. Then, the
Quadratic/Cubic versus Linear interpolations - Free
abrobecker.free.fr/text/quad.htmQuadratic interpolation is made with polynomials of degree two, while cubic uses degree 3 polynomials. So the derivative of the quadratic functions will be a succession of connected segments (french mathematicians would tell the derivative is "affine par morceaux") while the derivative of the cubic interpolation will be composed of connected quadratic functions.