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Abel–Goncharov interpolation

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 4, 2016
Entity authorityQ4666728 ↗
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In mathematics, Abel–Goncharov interpolation determines a polynomial such that various higher derivatives are the same as those of a given function at given points. It was introduced by Whittaker (1935) and rediscovered by Goncharov (1954).

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Whittaker, J. M. (1935), Interpolatory function theory, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, No. 33, Cambridge University Press, MR 0185330

Goncharov, V. L. (1954), Teoriya interpolirovaniya i približeniya funkcii (in Russian), Gosudarstv. Izdat. Tehn.-Teor.

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