% Script File: runge % For n = 8:2:20, the equal-spacing interpolating polynomial of % f(x) = 1/(1+25x^2) on [-1,1]' are of plotted. x = linspace(-1,1,100)'; y = 1 ./ (1 + 25*x.^2); for n = 8:2:20 plot(x,y,'k-'); title('Runge Functin') hold on disp('Press any key to continue'); pause x_equal = linspace(-1,1,n+1)'; y_equal = 1 ./ (1 + 25*x_equal.^2); plot(x_equal,y_equal,'*'); title(sprintf('Equal Spacing (n = %2.0f)',n)) hold on disp('Press any key to continue'); pause a = newton_coef(x_equal, y_equal); pval = newton_pval(a, x_equal, x); plot(x,pval,'r--') title(sprintf('Polynomial Interpolation (n = %2.0f)',n)) disp('Press any key to continue'); pause hold off end