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MATH-413 Theory of Approximation and Splines-I

Euclidean Geometry  Basic concepts of Euclidean geometry
 Scalar and vector functions
 Barycentric coordinates
 Convex hull, matrices of affine maps: translation, rotation, scaling, reflection and shear
Approximation using Polynomials
 Curve Fitting: Least squares line fitting, least squares power fit, data linearization method
for exponential functions, nonlinear least-squares method for exponential functions, transformations for data linearization, linear least squares, polynomial fitting
 Interpolation: Basic concepts of interpolation, Lagrange’s method, error terms and error bounds of Lagrange’s method, divided differences method, Newton polynomials, error terms and error bounds of Newton polynomials, central difference interpolation formulae; Gauss’s forward interpolation formula, Gauss’s backward interpolation formula, Hermite’s methods
Credit hours/ Marks:- 3

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