Bivariate Lagrange interpolation at the Padua points: The generating curve approach

  • Authors:
  • Len Bos;Marco Caliari;Stefano De Marchi;Marco Vianello;Yuan Xu

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Canada;Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padua, Italy;Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Italy;Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padua, Italy;Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Approximation Theory
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We give a simple, geometric and explicit construction of bivariate interpolation at certain points in a square (called Padua points), giving compact formulas for their fundamental Lagrange polynomials. We show that the associated norms of the interpolation operator, i.e., the Lebesgue constants, have minimal order of growth of O((logn)^2). To the best of our knowledge this is the first complete, explicit example of near optimal bivariate interpolation points.