{"title":"On Polynomial Interpolation in the Monomial Basis","authors":"Zewen Shen, Kirill Serkh","doi":"10.1137/23m1623215","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 469-494, April 2025. <br/> Abstract. In this paper, we show that the monomial basis is generally as good as a well-conditioned polynomial basis for interpolation, provided that the condition number of the Vandermonde matrix is smaller than the reciprocal of machine epsilon. This leads to a practical algorithm for piecewise polynomial interpolation over general regions in the complex plane using the monomial basis. Our analysis also yields a new upper bound for the condition number of an arbitrary Vandermonde matrix, which generalizes several previous results.","PeriodicalId":49527,"journal":{"name":"SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1137/23m1623215","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 469-494, April 2025. Abstract. In this paper, we show that the monomial basis is generally as good as a well-conditioned polynomial basis for interpolation, provided that the condition number of the Vandermonde matrix is smaller than the reciprocal of machine epsilon. This leads to a practical algorithm for piecewise polynomial interpolation over general regions in the complex plane using the monomial basis. Our analysis also yields a new upper bound for the condition number of an arbitrary Vandermonde matrix, which generalizes several previous results.
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SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (SINUM) contains research articles on the development and analysis of numerical methods. Topics include the rigorous study of convergence of algorithms, their accuracy, their stability, and their computational complexity. Also included are results in mathematical analysis that contribute to algorithm analysis, and computational results that demonstrate algorithm behavior and applicability.