A comment on Ewald Quak's ``"About B-splines"

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  • Carl de Boor University of Winsconsin-Madison, USA

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https://doi.org/10.33993/jnaat451-1101

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B-spline, B-spline recurrence, Marsden's identity, knot insertion, Popoviciu, Chakalov
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Abstract

The early contributions to B-spline theory by Tiberiu Popoviciu and by Liubomir Chakalov are recalled.

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2016-10-03

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de Boor, C. (2016). A comment on Ewald Quak’s ``"About B-splines". J. Numer. Anal. Approx. Theory, 45(1), 84–86. https://doi.org/10.33993/jnaat451-1101

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