A comparison of the \(E(3)\) and not-a-knot cubic splines (Q1907086): Difference between revisions

Considering the end conditions which depend on the values at the knots, the author and \textit{N. Papamichael} [J. Inst. Math. Appl. 23, 355-366 (1979; Zbl 0407.65005)] introduced the class \(E(\alpha)\) of cubic splines which give rise to \(O(h^4)\) convergence. \(E(2)\) is the not-a-knot cubic spline. It is shown that \(E(3)\) is more accurate than \(E(2)\) and the former has the superconvergence properties.