eprintid: 7842 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/78/42 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:19:41 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:19:41 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:10:33 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Abdul Karim, S.A. creators_name: Voon Pang, K. title: Shape preserving interpolation using C2 rational cubic spline ispublished: pub keywords: Condition; Cubic-spline interpolation; Free parameters; Interpolants; Knot insertion; Positive data; Rational cubic spline; Shape-preserving interpolation; Tridiagonal systems; Two parameter, Interpolation note: cited By 10 abstract: This aper discusses the construction of new C 2 rational cubic spline interpolant with cubic numerator and quadratic denominator. The idea has been extended to shape preserving interpolation for positive data using the constructed rational cubic spline interpolation. The rational cubic spline has three parametersi, β i, and γ i. The sufficient conditions for the positivity are derived on one parameter γ i while the other two parameters and β i are free parameters that can be used to change the final shape of the resulting interpolating curves. This will enable the user to produce many varieties of the positive interpolating curves. Cubic spline interpolation with C 2 continuity is not able to preserve the shape of the positive data. Notably our scheme is easy to use and does not require knots insertion and C 2 continuity can be achieved by solving tridiagonal systems of linear equations for the unknown first derivatives di, i = 1,..., n - 1. Comparisons with existing schemes also have been done in detail. From all presented numerical results the new C 2 rational cubic spline gives very smooth interpolating curves compared to some established rational cubic schemes. An error analysis when the function to be interpolated is C3 is also investigated in detail. © 2016 Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim and Kong Voon Pang. date: 2016 publisher: Hindawi Limited official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84981229338&doi=10.1155%2f2016%2f4875358&partnerID=40&md5=816b4280eae1a6788d11a3ca5910cfbf id_number: 10.1155/2016/4875358 full_text_status: none publication: Journal of Applied Mathematics volume: 2016 refereed: TRUE issn: 1110757X citation: Abdul Karim, S.A. and Voon Pang, K. (2016) Shape preserving interpolation using C2 rational cubic spline. Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2016. ISSN 1110757X