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Polynomials and Interpolation<br />

Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2<br />

Polynomial Function Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2<br />

Representing Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3<br />

Polynomial Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3<br />

Characteristic Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4<br />

Polynomial Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4<br />

Convolution and Deconvolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5<br />

Polynomial Derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5<br />

Polynomial Curve Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6<br />

Partial Fraction Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7<br />

Interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9<br />

Interpolation Function Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9<br />

One-Dimensional Interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10<br />

Two-Dimensional Interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12<br />

Comparing Interpolation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13<br />

Interpolation and Multidimensional Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15<br />

Triangulation and Interpolation <strong>of</strong> Scattered Data . . . . . . . . . 2-18<br />

Tessellation and Interpolation <strong>of</strong> Scattered Data in<br />

Higher Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26<br />

Selected Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37<br />

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Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)<br />

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2<br />

Finding an FFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2<br />

Example: Using FFT to Calculate Sunspot Periodicity . . . . . . . 3-3<br />

Magnitude and Phase <strong>of</strong> Transformed Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7<br />

FFT Length Versus Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9<br />

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