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NewtonBasis

Newton polynomials on a set of nodes

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

NewtonBasis(k, nodes, x)

Parameters

k

-

algebraic expression; the index

nodes

-

list of algebraic expressions; nodes where the polynomial is known

x

-

algebraic expression; the argument

Description

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The kth Newton polynomial of degree k is defined by

NewtonBasis⁡k,nodes,x=∏j=0k−1⁡x−nodesj

  

By convention, the nodes are indexed from 0, so nodes=[x0,x1,...,xn].

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At present, this can only be evaluated in Maple by prior use of the object-oriented representation obtained by P:=convert(p,MatrixPolynomialObject,x) and subsequent call to P:-Value(<x-value>), which uses Horner's method to evaluate the polynomial p.

Examples

> 

nodes≔−1&comma;−13&comma;13&comma;1

nodes≔−1&comma;−13&comma;13&comma;1

(1)
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p≔3⁢NewtonBasis⁡0&comma;nodes&comma;x+5⁢NewtonBasis⁡2&comma;nodes&comma;x+7⁢NewtonBasis⁡3&comma;nodes&comma;x

p≔3⁢NewtonBasis⁡0&comma;−1&comma;−13&comma;13&comma;1&comma;x+5⁢NewtonBasis⁡2&comma;−1&comma;−13&comma;13&comma;1&comma;x+7⁢NewtonBasis⁡3&comma;−1&comma;−13&comma;13&comma;1&comma;x

(2)

The coefficients of that polynomial can be interpreted in terms of divided differences of the values of p at the nodes.

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P≔convert⁡p&comma;MatrixPolynomialObject&comma;x

P≔Record⁡Value=Defaultvalue&comma;Variable=x&comma;Degree=3&comma;Coefficient=coe&comma;Dimension=1&comma;1&comma;Basis=NewtonBasis&comma;BasisParameters=−1&comma;−13&comma;13&comma;1&comma;IsMonic=mon&comma;OutputOptions=shape=&comma;storage=rectangular&comma;order=Fortran_order&comma;fill=0&comma;attributes=

(3)
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P:-Degree⁡

3

(4)

Note that the result returned by convert⁡...,MatrixPolynomialObject represents a matrix polynomial; hence these results are 1 by 1 matrices.

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seq⁡P:-Value⁡nodesk1,1&comma;k=1..nops⁡nodes

3,3,679,2599

(5)
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P:-Value⁡0.3

6.924555556

(6)
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factor⁡P:-Value⁡t1,1

7⁢t3+12⁢t2+539⁢t+359

(7)

See Also

BernsteinBasis

convert/MatrixPolynomialObject

LagrangeBasis

LinearAlgebra[CompanionMatrix]

OrthogonalSeries

PochhammerBasis

type/MatrixPolynomialObject