function p03_story ( ) %*****************************************************************************80 % %% P03_STORY prints the "story" for problem p03. % % Licensing: % % This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license. % % Modified: % % 01 August 2011 % % Author: % % John Burkardt % % Reference: % % Fred Fritsch, Ralph Carlson, % Monotone Piecewise Cubic Interpolation, % SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, % Volume 17, Number 2, April 1980, pages 238-246. % % Parameters: % % None % fprintf ( 1, '\n' ); fprintf ( 1, ' This example is due to Fred Fritsch and Ralph Carlson.\n' ); fprintf ( 1, ' This data can cause problems for interpolation methods.\n' ); fprintf ( 1, ' There are sudden changes in direction, and at the same time,\n' ); fprintf ( 1, ' sparsely-placed data. This can cause an interpolant to overshoot\n' ); fprintf ( 1, ' the data in a way that seems implausible.\n' ); return end