The poisedness of interpolation problem for splines (Q1779824)

Location of sample points in domain of a spline space that guarantees poisedness of the interpolation problem from a spline space is a very important problem in theory and application. A spline is a piecewise polynomial with some analysis, so location of sample points relative to spline knots is the critical factor for guaranteeing poisedness of the interpolation problem from a spline space. Schoenberg-Whitney theorem has provided a good characterization for it, but it does not express the laws in which the poised interpolation sets is made up. The aim of the research is to solve the problem completely for the univariate spline case. The paper studies the poisedness of interpolation problem for univariate spline spaces and the location of interpolation points relative to spline knots, and obtains two new complete characterizations of poisedness condition. They are equivalent to the Schoenberg-Whitney theorem, but they are very valid for poisedness test of sample points for a spline space. The paper introduces the concepts of local poised sets, the minimal poised sets and perfect local poised sets, gives some characterizations of poisedness conditions that are different from Schoenberg-Whitney condition, and solves the configuration problem of sample points with respect to spline spaces.