function lagrange_chebyshev()

% Comparison of Lagrangian interpolation polynomials for

% equidistant and non-equidistant (Chebyshev) sample points
% for the function
%
% f(x) = 1/(1+x^2)
%
% using polynomials of degree 5 and 10.

% Author : Andreas Klimke

% Date : July 2002
% Version: 1.1

% Funktionen definieren
f = inline('1./(1+x.^2)');

% Stützstellen bestimmen
xi = { linspace(-5,5,6); ...
[chebyshev(6)*5]; ...
linspace(-5,5,11); ...
[chebyshev(11)*5] };

for k = 1:4
yi{k} = f(xi{k});
ci{k} = polyfit(xi{k},yi{k},length(xi{k})-1);
end

% Plotten der Funktionen

x = linspace(-5,5,101);
for k = 1:2
subplot(2,2,k*2-1)
hold on;
plot(x,polyval(ci{k*2-1},x),'r-','LineWidth',2);
plot(x,polyval(ci{k*2},x),'b-','LineWidth',2);
plot(x,f(x),'k-');
axis tight;