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Mathematics of Computation

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An unconditionally convergent method for computing zeros of splines and polynomials
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Math. Comp. 76 (2007), 845-865 Request permission

Abstract:

We present a simple and efficient method for computing zeros of spline functions. The method exploits the close relationship between a spline and its control polygon and is based on repeated knot insertion. Like Newton’s method it is quadratically convergent, but the new method overcomes the principal problem with Newton’s method in that it always converges and no starting value needs to be supplied by the user.
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Additional Information
  • Knut Mørken
  • Affiliation: Department of Informatics and Center of Mathematics for Applications, P.O. Box 1053, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
  • Email: knutm@ifi.uio.no
  • Martin Reimers
  • Affiliation: Center of Mathematics for Applications, P.O. Box 1053, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
  • Email: martinre@ifi.uio.no
  • Received by editor(s): April 1, 2005
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 27, 2005
  • Published electronically: January 9, 2007
  • © Copyright 2007 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 76 (2007), 845-865
  • MSC (2000): Primary 41A15, 65D07, 65H05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-07-01923-0
  • MathSciNet review: 2291839