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1;; Interpolation types
2;; Liam Healy, Sun Nov  4 2007 - 17:41
3;; Time-stamp: <2008-02-17 17:47:53EST types.lisp>
4;; $Id$
5
6(in-package :gsl)
7
8(defmpar *linear-interpolation* "gsl_interp_linear"
9  ;; FDL
10  "Linear interpolation.  This interpolation method does not require any
11   additional memory.")
12
13(defmpar *polynomial-interpolation* "gsl_interp_polynomial"
14  ;; FDL
15  "Polynomial interpolation.  This method should only be used for
16   interpolating small numbers of points because polynomial interpolation
17   introduces large oscillations, even for well-behaved datasets.  The
18   number of terms in the interpolating polynomial is equal to the number
19   of points.")
20
21(defmpar *cubic-spline-interpolation* "gsl_interp_cspline"
22  ;; FDL
23  "Cubic spline with natural boundary conditions.  The resulting curve is
24   piecewise cubic on each interval, with matching first and second
25   derivatives at the supplied data-points.  The second derivative is
26   chosen to be zero at the first point and last point.")
27
28(defmpar *periodic-cubic-spline-interpolation* "gsl_interp_cspline_periodic"
29  ;; FDL
30  "Cubic spline with periodic boundary conditions.  The resulting curve
31   is piecewise cubic on each interval, with matching first and second
32   derivatives at the supplied data-points.  The derivatives at the first
33   and last points are also matched.  Note that the last point in the
34   data must have the same y-value as the first point, otherwise the
35   resulting periodic interpolation will have a discontinuity at the
36   boundary.")
37
38(defmpar *akima-interpolation* "gsl_interp_akima"
39  ;; FDL
40  "Non-rounded Akima spline with natural boundary conditions.  This method
41   uses the non-rounded corner algorithm of Wodicka.")
42
43(defmpar *periodic-akima-interpolation* "gsl_interp_akima_periodic"
44  ;; FDL
45  "Non-rounded Akima spline with periodic boundary conditions.  This method
46   uses the non-rounded corner algorithm of Wodicka.")
47
48(defmfun interpolation-name (interpolation)
49  "gsl_interp_name"
50  ((interpolation :pointer))
51  :c-return :string
52  :documentation                        ; FDL
53  "The name of the interpolation type.")
54
55(defmfun interpolation-minimum-size (interpolation)
56  "gsl_interp_min_size"
57  ((interpolation :pointer))
58  :c-return :uint
59  :documentation                        ; FDL
60  "The minimum number of points required by the
61   interpolation.  For example, Akima spline interpolation
62   requires a minimum of 5 points.")
63
64(defmfun spline-name (interpolation)
65  "gsl_spline_name"
66  ((interpolation :pointer))
67  :c-return :string
68  :documentation                        ; FDL
69  "The name of the interpolation type.")
70
71(defmfun spline-minimum-size (interpolation)
72  "gsl_spline_min_size"
73  ((interpolation :pointer))
74  :c-return :uint
75  :documentation                        ; FDL
76  "The minimum number of points required by the
77   interpolation.  For example, Akima spline interpolation
78   requires a minimum of 5 points.")
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