P R E S E N TAT I O N O N

NEWTON’S GENERAL
INTERPOLATION
AND
LAGRANGE’S INTERPOLATION

Presented by
Lalthangmawii
M.Tech. 1st Year, SWE Dept
PG20AEG12131
 Contents
1. N e w t o n ’s g e n e r a l i n t e r p o l a ti o n
– N e w t o n ’s f o r w a r d i n t e r p o l a ti o n
– N e w t o n ’s b a c k w a r d i n t e r p o l a ti o n

2. L a g r a n g e ’s i n t e r p o l a ti o n
NEWTON’S GENERAL
INTERPOLATION
Newton’s General Interpolation formula
Similarly if f(x) is a second degree polynomial

Therefore

if f(x) is a second degree polynomial

Computing divided differences using divided difference table:  Let us consider the points (x1, f1),
(x2, f2), (x3, f3) and (x4, f4) where x1, x2, x3 and x4 are not necessarily equi-distant points then the
divided difference table can be written as 
LAGRANGE’S INTERPOLATION
FORMULA
LAGRANGE’S INTERPOLATION FORMULA
 Application

• Lagrange’s formula is applicable to problems

where the independent variable occurs at
equal and unequal intervals
• But preferably this formula is applied in a
situation where there are unequal intervals for
the given independent series.
 EXAMPLE

Interpolate the value of the function corresponding to X=4 using

Lagrange’s interpolation formula from the following set of data:

Soln:
Using Lagrange’s formula of interpolation, we have
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