Newton'S Divided Difference Interpolating Polynomials
Newton'S Divided Difference Interpolating Polynomials
𝑥₂ = 15.4 → 𝑓(𝑥2 ) = 60
𝑏0 = 𝑓(𝑥0 ) = 100
𝑏1 = 𝑓[𝑥1 , 𝑥0 ] = 6.211180214
𝑏2 = 𝑓[𝑥2 , 𝑥1 , 𝑥0 ] = 0.09227099
𝑓2 (𝑥) = 𝑏0 + 𝑏1 (𝑥 − 𝑥0 ) + 𝑏2 (𝑥 − 𝑥0 )(𝑥 − 𝑥1 )
𝑓2 (𝑥) = 100 + 6.211180214(30 − 26.1) + 0.09227099(30 − 26.1)(30 − 42.2)
𝑓2 (𝑥) = 119.8333488
Third order polynomials
Data points:
𝑥₂ = 15.4 → 𝑓(𝑥2 ) = 60
𝑥₃ = 7.6 → 𝑓(𝑥3 ) = 40
𝑓[𝑥3 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥1 , 𝑥0 ] =
𝑥3 −𝑥0
0.0768872197 − 0.09227099
= = 0.0008323679
7.6 − 26.1
𝑏0 = 𝑓(𝑥0 ) = 100
𝑏1 = 𝑓[𝑥1 , 𝑥0 ] = 6.211180214
𝑏2 = 𝑓[𝑥2 , 𝑥1 , 𝑥0 ] = 0.09227099
𝑏3 = 𝑓[𝑥3 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥1 , 𝑥0 ] = 0.0008323679
𝑓3 (𝑥) = 𝑏0 + 𝑏1 (𝑥 − 𝑥0 ) + 𝑏2 (𝑥 − 𝑥0 )(𝑥 − 𝑥1 ) + 𝑏3 (𝑥 − 𝑥0 )(𝑥 − 𝑥1 )(𝑥 − 𝑥2 )
𝑓3 (𝑥) = 100 + 6.211180214(30 − 26.1) + 0.09227099(30 − 26.1)(30 − 42.2) +
0.0008323679(30 − 26.1)(30 − 42.2)(30 − 15.4)
𝑓3 (𝑥) = 119.2551295
LAGRANGE INTERPOLATION
Data points:
𝑥₀ = 26.1 → 𝑓(𝑥0 ) = 100
𝑥₂ = 15.4 → 𝑓(𝑥2 ) = 60
𝑥−𝑥1 𝑥−𝑥0
𝑓1 (𝑥) =(𝑥 𝑓(𝑥0 )) + (𝑥 𝑓(𝑥1 ))
0 − 𝑥1 1 − 𝑥0
30−42.2 30−26.1
𝑓1 (𝑥) =(26.1−42.2 (100)) + (42.2−26.1 (200)) = 124.2236025
(𝑥−𝑥0 )(𝑥−𝑥1 )
𝑓2 (𝑥) = 𝑓1 (𝑥) + ((𝑥 𝑓(𝑥2 ))
2 −𝑥0 )(𝑥2 −𝑥1 )
(30−26.1)(30−42.2)
𝑓2 (𝑥) = 124.2236025 + ((15.4−26.1)(15.4−42.2) (60)) = 114.2682391