Polynomial function and derivative approximation of Sinc data (Q1023279)

Sinc methods consist of a family of one-dimensional approximation procedures for approximating the operations of calculus. These procedures are obtained by operating on the sinc interpolation formulae, which are based on the function values in the sinc points. Usually, these operations yield high accuracy. However, when differentiating a sinc approximation formula that approximates over an interval with a finite endpoint, then the accuracy is poor in the neighborhood of the endpoint. In the present paper the author derives a new way to obtain an approximation of the derivative of a function that is known in the sinc points. This method is proved to be uniformly accurate over the whole interval. A very simple example (the function \(\sin(x)\) and its derivative over the interval \([0,1]\)) is studied numerically to confirm the claimed accuracy.