A practical guide to splines

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Carl De Boor

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Applied Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)


65D07: Numerical computation using splines

65-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to numerical analysis

41A10: Approximation by polynomials

41A15: Spline approximation

41-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to approximations and expansions


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