Exercise · ZW-CUBIC-SPLINES-003 · ★☆☆ Basic
Which boundary condition defines the natural spline?
Choose one option.
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- B. \(S''(x_0)=0\)
Explanation
The natural spline imposes zero second derivative at the endpoints, not a zero first derivative or function value.
Review the concept: Cubic splines
A cubic spline \(S\) is a piecewise function, each piece a polynomial of degree three, that interpolates the data \((x_i,y_i)\) and is of class \(C^2\) at the nodes.
\[S_i(x)=a_i+b_i(x-x_i)+c_i(x-x_i)^2+d_i(x-x_i)^3\]
More practice problems: cubic splines
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- ZW-CUBIC-SPLINES-008 A clamped spline imposes S'(x_0)=f'(x_0). Which of these statements about it is correct?
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