Symmetric iterative interpolation processes (Q1112534)

A family of interpolation processes is introduced using two positive integral parameters: b a base and 2N an even number of moving nodes. Given y(n), n integer, the authors define \(y(n+r/b)\), (r integer, \(0<r<b)\) as the value of an interpolating Lagrange polynomial; the construction is iterated setting \(y(j/b^{n+1})=\sum_{k}p_{j- kb}(k/b^ n),\) the p's being finitely many parameters, j integer. An extension y(t) is thus obtained for the set of b-adic rational numbers. To obtain the properties of the process an associate function F(t) is defined satisfying the functional equation \(F(t/b)=\sum_{n}F(n/b)F(t- n).\) The analysis of F(t) involves the trigonometric polynomials \(P(\theta)=\sum_{k}F(k/b)e^{ik\theta}\) and the infinite matrix: \(A=(F(k/b-j))_{-\infty <k<\infty,-\infty <j<\infty}\). F(t) is a continuous positive definite function; its order of regularity is precised. The function y(t) is defined as \(y(t)=\sum_{n}y(n)F(t-n),\) and is proved to be uniformly continuous on any finite interval for all b, N and y(n). Error bounds and examples are given.