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| Newton's Divided Difference algorithm is a slick way to compute an $N$th order polynomial interpolant to a set of $N+1$ data points $(x_0, y_0), (x_1, y_1), \ldots, (x_N, y_N)$ with distinct $x_i$'s. | Newton's Divided Difference algorithm is a slick way to compute an $N$th order polynomial interpolant to a set of $N+1$ data points $(x_0, y_0), (x_1, y_1), \ldots, (x_N, y_N)$ with distinct $x_i$'s. | ||
| - | It produces a polynomial of in the form of [[gibson:teaching:fall-2016:math753:horner|Horner's method]] with base points, e.g. | + | It produces a polynomial in the form of [[gibson:teaching:fall-2016:math753:horner|Horner's method]] with base points, e.g. |
| \begin{equation*} | \begin{equation*} | ||
| - | P(x) = c_0 + (x - x_0) \, [c_1 + (x - x_1) [c_2 + (x - x_2) [c_3 + (x - x_3) \, c_4]]] | + | y = P(x) = c_0 + (x - x_0) \, [c_1 + (x - x_1) [c_2 + (x - x_2) [c_3 + (x - x_3) \, c_4]]] |
| \end{equation*} | \end{equation*} | ||
| - | If we set $y = P(x)$ to the $N$th order form of the above equation and plug in the data points $(x_i, y_i)$ for $i=0,1,\ldots, N$, we get a series of $N+1$ equations in the $N+1$ unknowns $c_0, \ldots c_N$. | + | If we plug in the data points $(x_i, y_i)$ for $i=0,1,\ldots, N$, to the $N$th-order generalization of the above equation, we get a series of $N+1$ equations in the $N+1$ unknowns $c_0, \ldots c_N$. |
| \begin{eqnarray*} | \begin{eqnarray*} | ||
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| \end{equation*} | \end{equation*} | ||
| - | Lower-triangular systems can be solved easily via forward substitution. | + | Lower-triangular systems can be solved easily via forward substitution. It turns out that for this particular lower-triangular system, the solution can be computed easily by subtracting and dividing |
| + | numbers in a table. To see how that works, please refer to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_polynomial#Application|Newton Divided Difference Application]] (wikipedia). | ||
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| + | Further reading: | ||
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| + | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_polynomial#Application|Newton Polynomial]] (wikipedia). | ||
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