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Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation

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Computation of Curves and Surfaces

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In this paper, we present multivariate polynomial interpolation methods which are natural extension of the most well-known methods for univariate polynomial interpolation. Special emphasis is put on the Newton approach, and some algorithms of this type are developed in sections 3 and 5.

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Gasca, M. (1990). Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation. In: Dahmen, W., Gasca, M., Micchelli, C.A. (eds) Computation of Curves and Surfaces. NATO ASI Series, vol 307. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2017-0_7

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