ECE 427L - Activity 10
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SM MecregECE 427L - Activity 10
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SM MecregSaint Louis University
School of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Electronics Engineering
ECE 427L
ACTIVITY NO. 10
POLYNOMIAL INTERPOLATION
Submitted by:
CALAUNAN, Joeben A.
MACARAEG, Sophia Marie B.
Submitted to:
Engr. Michael A. Cagaoan
Instructor
DATE SUBMITTED:
May 1, 2020
Saint Louis University
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
LABORATORY MANUAL
ACTIVITY NO. 10
POLYNOMIAL INTERPOLATION
ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the activity, the student should be able to write programs to determine the
interpolating polynomial for a given set of data.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
PC with Scilab
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES:
Problem and Results:
Given the function f(x) = x2ln (x3+1) over 1≤x≤3
(a) Evaluate f(1.7), f(2.3), and f(2.8) from the given function.
f(1.7) = 5.1359731 f(2.3) = 13.636105 f(2.8) = 24.565896
(b) Determine a quadratic interpolating polynomial fp(x) by considering three equally spaced data points
in the given interval (e.g. x=1, x=2, x=3). Evaluate f(1.7), f(2.3), and f(2.8) using the interpolating
polynomial.
fp(x) = 5.7025872 – 11.562036x + 6.5525956x2
f(1.7) = 4.9841273 f(2.3) = 13.773135 f(2.8) = 24.701236
(c) Determine a cubic interpolating polynomial fp(x) by considering four equally spaced data points in the
given interval. Evaluate f(1.7), f(2.3), and f(2.8) using the interpolating polynomial.
fp(x) = 2.4936079 – 5.6940355x + 3.3637877x2 + 0.529787x3
f(1.7) = 5.1379375 f(2.3) = 13.637682 f(2.8) = 24.552288
(d) Determine a quartic interpolating polynomial fp(x) by considering five equally spaced data points in
the given interval. Evaluate f(1.7), f(2.3), and f(2.8) using the interpolating polynomial.
fp(x) = 1.3791097 – 3.0777772x + 1.2063327x2 + 1.2784625x3 – 0.0929805x4
f(1.7) = 5.1376938 f(2.3) = 13.6348 f(2.8) = 24.568688
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ECE 427L: NUMERICAL METHODS LABORATORY
Saint Louis University
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
LABORATORY MANUAL
(e) Determine a quintic interpolating polynomial fp(x) by considering six equally spaced data points in
the given interval. Evaluate f(1.7), f(2.3), and f(2.8) using the interpolating polynomial.
fp(x) = 0.5603407 – 0.7199979x + 1.3932934x2 + 2.6571445x3 – 0.4461147x4 + 0.035068x5
f(1.7) = 5.1361981 f(2.3) = 13.636279 f(2.8) = 24.565187
(f) Do the preceding results show that an interpolating polynomial with a higher degree is more accurate
than an interpolating polynomial with a lower degree? Yes
Do the preceding results show the quadratic interpolating polynomial is significantly more accurate
than the cubic interpolating polynomial? No
Do the preceding results show the quintic interpolating polynomial is significantly more accurate
than the quartic interpolating polynomial? Yes
OBSERVATIONS:
In this activity, we evaluate f(1.7), f(2.3), and f(2.8) from the given function of x which is x2ln
(x3+1) over 1≤x≤3. We then determine the interpolating polynomial by considering different data
points in given interval such as three, four, five and six equally spaced data points. We noticed that the
higher degree of the equally spaced data points with the given interval the more accurate results we
get. Furthermore, the interpolating polynomial differs as the data points increases. However, we
noticed that we get a very inaccurate results in f(1.7) with three equally spaced data points.
CONCLUSIONS:
In this activity, we performed ‘Polynomial Interpolation’ where we consider increasing equally
spaced data points. By the given data, we can say that an interpolating polynomial with a higher
degree is more accurate than an interpolating polynomial with a lower degree. Thus, Polynomial
Interpolation is the interpolation of a given data set by the polynomial of lowest possible degree that
passes through the points of the database. Moreover, we can say that For any function f(x) continuous
on an interval [a,b] there exists a table of nodes for which the sequence of interpolating polynomial
converges to f(x) uniformly on [a,b]. For practical use, interpolation is frequently used to scale and to
convert some sampling rate of digital signals.
