CHEBYSHEV
Interpolation Using Chebyshev Polynomials

CHEBYSHEV is a MATLAB library which constructs the Chebyshev interpolant to a function.

Note that the user is not free to choose the interpolation points. Instead, the function f(x) will be evaluated at points chosen by the algorithm. In the standard case, in which the interpolation interval is [-1,+1], these points will be the zeros of the Chebyshev polynomial of order N. However, the algorithm can also be applied to an interval of the form [a,b], in which case the evaluation points are linearly mapped from [-1,+1].

The resulting interpolant is defined by a set of N coefficients c(), and has the form:

        C(f)(x) = sum ( 1 <= i <= n ) c(i) T(i-1,x) - 0.5 * c(1)
      

Within the interval [-1,+1], or the generalized interval [a,b], the interpolant actually remains bounded by the sum of the absolute values of the coefficients c(). It is therefore common to use Chebyshev interpolants as approximating functions over a given interval.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

CHEBYSHEV is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

BERNSTEIN, a MATLAB library which evaluates the Bernstein polynomials, useful for uniform approximation of functions;

CHEBYSHEV_POLYNOMIAL, a MATLAB library which evaluates the Chebyshev polynomial and associated functions.

DIVDIF, a MATLAB library which computes interpolants by divided differences.

HERMITE, a MATLAB library which computes the Hermite interpolant, a polynomial that matches function values and derivatives.

HERMITE_CUBIC, a MATLAB library which can compute the value, derivatives or integral of a Hermite cubic polynomial, or manipulate an interpolating function made up of piecewise Hermite cubic polynomials.

INTERP, a MATLAB library which can be used for parameterizing and interpolating data;

LAGRANGE_INTERP_1D, a MATLAB library which defines and evaluates the Lagrange polynomial p(x) which interpolates a set of data, so that p(x(i)) = y(i).

RBF_INTERP_1D, a MATLAB library which defines and evaluates radial basis function (RBF) interpolants to 1D data.

SHEPARD_INTERP_1D, a MATLAB library which defines and evaluates Shepard interpolants to 1D data, which are based on inverse distance weighting.

SPLINE, a MATLAB library which includes many routines to construct and evaluate spline interpolants and approximants.

TEST_APPROX, a MATLAB library which defines test problems for approximation, provided as a set of (x,y) data.

TEST_INTERP_1D, a MATLAB library which defines test problems for interpolation of data y(x), depending on a 1D argument.

VANDERMONDE_APPROX_1D, a MATLAB library which finds a polynomial approximant to a function of 1D data by setting up and solving an overdetermined linear system for the polynomial coefficients, involving the Vandermonde matrix.

VANDERMONDE_INTERP_1D, a MATLAB library which finds a polynomial interpolant to a function of 1D data by setting up and solving a linear system for the polynomial coefficients, involving the Vandermonde matrix.

Reference:

1. Roger Broucke,
   Algorithm 446: Ten Subroutines for the Manipulation of Chebyshev Series,
   Communications of the ACM,
   Volume 16, Number 4, April 1973, pages 254-256.
2. Philip Davis,
   Interpolation and Approximation,
   Dover, 1975,
   ISBN: 0-486-62495-1,
   LC: QA221.D33
3. William Press, Brian Flannery, Saul Teukolsky, William Vetterling,
   Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing,
   Cambridge University Press, 1988,
   ISBN: 0-521-35465-X,
   LC: QA76.73.C15N865.

Source Code:

• chebyshev_coefficients.m, computes the Chebyshev coefficients for a function.
• chebyshev_interpolant.m, evaluates the Chebyshev interpolant at a point.
• chebyshev_zeros.m, returns the zeros of a Chebyshev polynomial.
• timestamp.m, prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

Examples and Tests:

• chebyshev_test.m, a sample calling program.
• chebyshev_test01.m, tests CHEBYSHEV_COEFFICIENTS and CHEBYSHEV_INTERPOLANT on several functions.
• f1.m, f(x) = cos ( 2.0 * pi * x ) .* sin ( 3.0 * pi * x );
• f2.m, f(x) = exp(x);
• f3.m, f(x) = ( x - 3 ) .* ( x - 1 ) .* ( x - 1 ) .* ( x + 2 );
• chebyshev_test_output.txt, the output file.

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