Mathcad Tutorial on Curve Fitting - Cubic Spline

N 20 := x 0. 15 :=
i 0 N .. := f x ( ) sin 2. 5 x ( ) 1. 2 x + :=
vx
i
i x := vy
i
f vx
i
( ) :=
0 1 2 3
0
1
2
3
4
vy
vx
Cubic Spline Fit
vs cspline vx vy , ( ) := g x ( ) interp vs vx , vy , x , ( ) :=
vs pspline vx vy , ( ) := h x ( ) interp vs vx , vy , x , ( ) :=
vs lspline vx vy , ( ) := j x ( ) interp vs vx , vy , x , ( ) :=
0 1 2 3
0
2
4
6
8
vy
g x ( )
h x ( )
j x ( )
vx x ,
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Mathcad Tutorial on Curve Fitting - Cubic Spline
Regression Fit by Linear Combination of Functions
F x ( )
sin 2. 5 x ( )
x
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:= V linfit vx vy , F , ( ) := V
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1. 2
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= k x ( ) V F x ( ) :=
0 1 2 3
0
1
2
3
4
5
vy
k x ( )
vx x ,
F x ( )
sin 2. 2 x ( )
x
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:= V linfit vx vy , F , ( ) := V
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= l x ( ) V F x ( ) :=
0 1 2 3
0
2
4
6
vy
k x ( )
l x ( )
vx x ,
Differentiation and Integration of Data Sets
After cubic spline fitting we have an analytical equation for the function in terms of
3rd order polynomials, for which we can calculate the derivative or which we can
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Mathcad Tutorial on Curve Fitting - Cubic Spline
p y
integrate.
0 1 2 3
2
0
2
4
Exact Derivative
Derivative from Spline Fit
x
f x ( )
d
d
x
g x ( )
d
d
x
0

2
x f x ( )
(
(
(
]
d 2. 1632833726 = Numerical Integration of Exact Function
0

2
x g x ( )
(
(
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]
d 2. 1632800248 = Numerical Integration of Spline Fitted Function
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