Lagrange interpolation

Constructs a polynomial of degree [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] through [math]\displaystyle{ n+1 }[/math] given points. Points can be added by clicking on "Add point". The dotted line is the graph of the first derivative, the dashed line is the graph of the second derivative.

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_polynomial

The underlying JavaScript code

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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/distrib/prototype.js"></script>
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<div id="box" class="jxgbox" style="width:600px; height:400px;"></div>

        board = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box', {originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 50, unitY: 25});
        // Axes
        b1axisx = board.createElement('axis', [[0,0], [1,0]], {});
        b1axisy = board.createElement('axis', [[0,0], [0,1]], {});

        var p = [];
        p[0] = board.createElement('point', [-1,2], {style:6});
        p[1] = board.createElement('point', [3,-1], {style:6});
        
        var f = function(x) {
                var i;
                var y = 0.0;
                var xc = [];
                for (i=0;i<p.length;i++) {
                  xc[i] = p[i].X();
                }
                for (i=0;i<p.length;i++) {
                  var t = p[i].Y();
                  for (var k=0;k<p.length;k++) {
                    if (k!=i) {
                      t *= (x-xc[k])/(xc[i]-xc[k]);
                    }
                  }
                  y += t;
                }
                return y;
            };
        graph = board.createElement('curve', ['x', f, 'x', -10, 10], {curveType:'graph'});
        d1 = board.createElement('curve', ['x', board.D(f), 'x', -10, 10], {curveType:'graph',dash:1});
        d2 = board.createElement('curve', ['x', board.D(board.D(f)), 'x', -10, 10], {curveType:'graph',dash:2});

        function addPoint() {
          p.push(board.createElement('point',[(Math.random()-0.5)*10,(Math.random()-0.5)*3],{style:6}));
          board.update();
        }