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Interpolation in triangles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

G.M. Nielson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
D.H. Thomas
Affiliation:
General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan, USA
J.A. Wixom
Affiliation:
General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan, USA.
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Abstract

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Several new methods of approximation which assume arbitrary values on the boundary of a triangular domain are presented. All of the methods are affine invariant and have optimal algebraic precision. Nine parameter discrete interpolants which result from these methods are also given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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