Title
A numerical study of Newton interpolation with extremely high degrees.
Abstract
In current textbooks the use of Chebyshev nodes with Newton interpolation is advocated as the most efficient numerical interpolation method in terms of approximation accuracy and computational effort. However, we show numerically that the approximation quality obtained by Newton interpolation with Fast Leja (FL) points is competitive to the use of Chebyshev nodes, even for extremely high degree interpolation. This is an experimental account of the analytic result that the limit distribution of FL points and Chebyshev nodes is the same when letting the number of points go to infinity. Since the FL construction is easy to perform and allows to add interpolation nodes on the fly in contrast to the use of Chebyshev nodes, our study suggests that Newton interpolation with FL points is currently the most efficient numerical technique for polynomial interpolation. Moreover, we give numerical evidence that any reasonable function can be approximated up to machine accuracy by Newton interpolation with FL points if desired, which shows the potential of this method.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.14736/kyb-2018-2-0279
KYBERNETIKA
Keywords
Field
DocType
polynomial interpolation,Newton interpolation,interpolation nodes,Chebyshev nodes,Leja ordering,fast Leja points
Chebyshev nodes,Nearest-neighbor interpolation,Mathematical optimization,Polynomial interpolation,Spline interpolation,Mathematical analysis,Interpolation,Stairstep interpolation,Linear interpolation,Mathematics,Bilinear interpolation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
54
2
0023-5954
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Breuß116825.45
friedemann kemm261.20
Oliver Vogel39510.68