Discrete least squares polynomial fits

  • Authors:
  • L. F. Shampine

  • Affiliations:
  • Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1975

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Abstract

The recurrence relation between orthogonal polynomials is widely used for discrete least squares data fitting. A variant of the classical algorithm which has better numerical properties is presented and the reason for its improved performance is explained.