Tool to find the equation of a function. Lagrange Interpolating Polynomial is a method for finding the equation corresponding to a curve having some dots coordinates of it.
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Tool to find the equation of a function. Lagrange Interpolating Polynomial is a method for finding the equation corresponding to a curve having some dots coordinates of it.
Lagrange polynomials are computed using the formula :
$$ P(X)=\sum_{j=0}^n y_j \left(\prod_{i=0,i\neq j}^n \frac{X-x_i}{x_j-x_i} \right) $$
with $ P(X) $ the Lagrange polynomial and the dots $ (x_0, y_0),\dots,(x_n, y_n) $ and $ x_i $ distinct.
From the points whose coordinates are known, the lagrange polynomial calculator can thus predict other points based on the assumption that the curve formed by these points is derived from a polynomial equation.
dCode allow to use the Lagrangian method for interpolating a Polynomial and finds back the original equation using known points (x,y) values.
Example: By the knowledge of the points $ (x,y) $ : $ (0,0),(2,4),(4,16) $ the Polynomial Lagrangian Interpolation method allow to find back the équation $ y = x^2 $. Once deducted, the interpolating function $ f(x) = x^2 $ allow to estimate the value for $ x = 3 $, here $ f(x) = 9 $.
The Lagrange interpolation method allows a good approximation of polynomial functions.
There are others interpolation formulas (rather than Lagrange/Rechner) such as Neville interpolation also available online on dCode.
Since the complexity of the calculations increases with the number of points, the program is limited to 25 coordinates (with distinct x-values in the rational number set Q).
From a list of numbers, the Lagrange interpolation allows to find an equation for $ f(x) $. Using this equation with a new value of $ x $, it is possible to calculate the image of $ x $ by $ f $.
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