About B-splines. Twenty answers to one question: What is the cubic B-spline for the knots -2,-1,0,1,2?

Ewald Quak

doi:10.33993/jnaat451-1099

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Ewald Quak SINTEF Applied Mathematics, Norway

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https://doi.org/10.33993/jnaat451-1099

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cubic B-splines, curves, surfaces, Approximation Theory, Numerical Analysis

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In this composition an attempt is made to answer one simple question only: What is the cubic B-spline for the knots -2,-1,0,1,2? The note will take you on a most interesting trip through various fields of Mathematics and finally convince you on how little we know.

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