Question: For a given set of discrete data points (x i , f i ) (i = 0, 1, 2, . . . , n), show

For a given set of discrete data points (xi, fi) (i = 0, 1, 2, . . . , n), show that the coefficients ak (k = 0, 1, . . . , n) fitted to the polynomial

11 y(x) =  ant k=0

are given by the solution of the equations written in matrix form as

where Aa = f A = xo xo 1xx = :  [1 X x a [a, a f = [fo fi  ... a,] fil XO

The following data is taken from the tables of the Airy function f(x) = Ai(–x):

x 1 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.9 f(x) 0.535 56 0.464 26 0.02670 -0.378 81 -0.147 42

Estimate from the polynomial approximation the values of f(2.0) and f (3.5).

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