[CSC 335] Come Spline with Me

[Andrew J. Pounds]

Yes -- "spline" is both a noun and a verb and tomorrow is SPLINE DAY.   
We will go through the nitty gritty details tomorrow of how you should 
construct and use your cubic splines for the project (and upcoming 
homework assignment).

Also -- for those of you that are having some difficulty getting started 
on your project I have provided file readers in Java, C++ (two versions) 
and Fortran on the class website in the EXAMPLES section.  You are 
welcome to use these as starting points for your code.   You should be 
approaching the point very soon where you can build the boxcar filter 
and the the Savitzky-Golay filter.   Please let me know if you have 
questions about either of these.  They may look complicated, but its 
actually pretty simple.


Finally -- as we close chapter three and move on more "tangible" topics...

Q. Why is it that the more accuracy you demand from an interpolation 
function, the more expensive it becomes to compute?

A. That's the Law of Spline Demand.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj

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