Interpolation Differentiation

Use of Interpolation Formula If the data are given over equidistant values of the independent variable x, an interpolation formula such as the Newton formula (see Refs. 143 and 18.5) may be used and the resulting formula differentiated analytically. If the independent variable is not at equidistant values, then Lagrange s formulas must be used. By differentiating three- and five-point Lagrange interpolation formulas the following differentiation formulas result for equally spaced tabular points ... 

The state mixing term, the first in the r.h.s., usually dominates, at least in the presence of avoided crossings. Its determination reduces to a simple problem of interpolation of the Hu matrix elements, according to eq.(16). The second term corresponds, for large R, to the electron translation factor (see for instance [38]). This term depends on the choice of the reference frame that is, for baricentric frames, it depends on the isotopic masses. It contains the Gn matrix, which may be determined by numerical differentiation of the quasi-diabatic wavefunctions [16] this calculation is more demanding, especially in the case of many internal coordinates. It is therefore interesting to adopt the approximation ... 

Since analytic second derivatives are available for MP2 calculations, numerical difference calculations of CCSD(T) energies are only required for a relatively small basis set. This type of basis set correction approximation is also available in Grow. It is not possible to use some composite methods which, like the G2 and G3 schemes,66 involve adding non-differentiable corrections to the estimated electronic energy. However, there are other recently developed composite methods which might be effectively employed to construct this type of interpolated PES.67... 

Polynomials do not play an important role in real chemical applications. Very few chemical data behave like polynomials. However, as a general data treatment tool, they are invaluable. Polynomials are used for empirical approximations of complex relationships, smoothing, differentiation and interpolation of data. Most of these applications have been introduced into chemistry by Savitzky and Golay and are known as Savitzky-Golay filters. Polynomial fitting is a linear, fast and explicit calculation, which, of course, explains the popularity. 

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Method of Lines. The method of lines is used to solve partial differential equations (12) and was already used by Cooper (I3.) and Tsuruoka (l4) in the derivation of state space models for the dynamics of particulate processes. In the method, the size-axis is discretized and the partial differential a[G(L,t)n(L,t)]/3L is approximated by a finite difference. Several choices are possible for the accuracy of the finite difference. The method will be demonstrated for a fourth-order central difference and an equidistant grid. For non-equidistant grids, the Lagrange interpolation formulaes as described in (15 ) are to be used. 

Differentiation of the experimental concentration-time curve would then need interpolation or smoothing, e.g.,by using splines. Parallelization in a typical robotic environment is easy when using the integral method with a few or even only one single well for characterization of one enzyme variant. 

The familiar formulas of numerical differentiation are the derivatives of local interpolating polynomials. All such formulas give bad estimates if there are errors in the data. To illustrate this point consider the case of linear... 

Although numerical differentiation is considered as a routine step in signal processing, our discussion tries to emphasize that its results heavily depend on the choice of the interpolating or smoothing function. Different methods may lead to much deviating estimates. Nevertheless, from frequently sampled data we may be able to locate extrema or inflection points by numerical differentiation, since zero-crossing of the first or second derivatives is somewhat more reliable than their values. 

Local cubic interpolation results in a function whose derivative is not necessarily continuous at the grid points. With a non-local adjustment of the coefficients we can, however, achieve global differentiability up to the second derivatives. Such functions, still being cubic polynomials between each pair of grid points, are called cubic splines and offer a "stiffer" interpolation than the strictly local approach. 

Obviously, S = 0 for a straight line. If S is small for a given function, it indicates that f does not wildly oscillate over the interval [xi,xn] of interest. It can be shown that among all functions that are twice continuously differentiable and interpolate the given points, S takes its minimum value on the natural cubic interpolating spline (ref. 12). 

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