/* * Open Source Physics software is free software as described near the bottom of this code file. * * For additional information and documentation on Open Source Physics please see: * <http://www.opensourcephysics.org/> */ package org.opensourcephysics.numerics; /** * Class Interpolation defines simple interpolation algorithms. * This class cannot be subclassed or instantiated because all methods are static. * * @author Wolfgang Christian */ public class Interpolation { private Interpolation() {} /** * Linear interpolation at a single point x. * @param x double * @param x0 double * @param x1 double * @param y0 double * @param y1 double * @return double */ static public double linear(final double x, final double x0, final double x1, final double y0, final double y1) { if((x1-x0)==0) { return(y0+y1)/2; } return y0+(x-x0)*(y1-y0)/(x1-x0); } /** * Lagrange polynomial interpolation at a single point x. * * Because Lagrange polynomials tend to be ill behaved, this method should be used with care. * * A LagrangeInterpolator object should be used if multiple interpolations * are to be performed using the same data. * * @param x double * @param xd double[] the x data * @param yd double[] the y data * @return double */ static public double lagrange(final double x, final double[] xd, final double yd[]) { if(xd.length!=yd.length) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Arrays must be of equal length."); //$NON-NLS-1$ } double sum = 0; for(int i = 0, n = xd.length; i<n; i++) { if(x-xd[i]==0) { return yd[i]; } double product = yd[i]; for(int j = 0; j<n; j++) { if((i==j)||(xd[i]-xd[j]==0)) { continue; } product *= (x-xd[i])/(xd[i]-xd[j]); } sum += product; } return sum; } } /* * Open Source Physics software is free software; you can redistribute * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, * or(at your option) any later version. * Code that uses any portion of the code in the org.opensourcephysics package * or any subpackage (subdirectory) of this package must must also be be released * under the GNU GPL license. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307 USA * or view the license online at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html * * Copyright (c) 2007 The Open Source Physics project * http://www.opensourcephysics.org */