Bounded property and point control of a bivariate rational interpolating surface (Q2458516)

The authors consider a certain smooth interpolant \(f(x,y)\) of real-valued data \(f_{i,j}\) located at sites \((x_i,y_j)\), with \(x_1<\cdots<x_n\) and \(y_1<\cdots<y_m\), which also interpolates discrete differences in the \(x\) and \(y\) direction, and which has been previously constructed by partly the same authors [Appl. Math. Comput. 168, No. 2, 990-1003 (2005; Zbl 1081.41002)]. It is shown that the values of \(f(x,y)| _{[x_i,x_{i+1}]\times[y_i,y_{i+1}]}\) are bounded by \({9\over 4}\max_{r,s\in\{0,1,2\}} | f_{i+r,j+s}| \). Further it is discussed how to tune parameters in the construction of the interpolant to achieve certain properties.