No label defined (Q3975293)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0727.00014.] The purpose of this paper is to present a new method for interpolating the values of a function \(f(x,y)\) and of its derivatives on the boundary of a triangle. Generalizing the side-vertex method [see e.g. \textit{G. M. Nielson}, J. Approximation Theory 25, 318-336 (1979; Zbl 0401.41005)] the authors insert a point inside the triangle and then use Boolean sums to obtain the interpolation operator \(Tf\). If \(f\in C^ 4(\bar\Delta)\) then \(| Tf-f|\leq(2/3)\centerdot M\centerdot h^ 3(2+3h)\), where \(h\) is the diameter of \(\Delta\). The obtained results have applications in the computer aided design of the surfaces.