
Applied Mathematics Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2022
Journal
Journal of Approximation Theory
Volume
283
First Page
1
Last Page
8
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jat.2022.105810
Abstract
In this paper we introduce an apparently new spline-like interpolant that we call a compact cubic interpolant or compact cubic spline; this is similar to a cubic spline introduced in 1972 by Swartz and Varga, but has higher order accuracy at the edges. We argue that for nearly uniform meshes the compact cubic approach offers some potential advantages, and offers a simple way to treat the edge conditions, relieving the user of the burden of deciding to use one of the three standard options: free (natural), complete (clamped), or ``not-a-knot'' conditions. Finally, I establish that the matrices defining the compact cubic splines (equivalently, the fourth-order compact finite difference formulae) are totally nonnegative, if all mesh widths are the same sign, for instance if the mesh is real and nodes are numbered in increasing order.
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Notes
This is the preprint version of the paper that is published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jat.2022.105810.