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A Practical Guide to Splines (Applied Mathematical Sciences)

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This is a very nice book about splines for all who needs interpolation of data and are getting a bit nervous about the somewhat improper behaviour of normal cubic splines, i.e., the ones you learned about in your undergrad exam. The author provides both illustrative examles with computer codes (in FORTRAN) and describes the necessary theoretical background. Compared with many other books, it is readable also for a non-mathematician, although some experience with numerical analysis will be most helpful.

This is absolutely the most excellent book on the subject ever written. It is rigorous, accessible to those who are not professional mathematicians, and full of examples. Using de Boor's public domain software is a cinch, but you need to read the book to fully understand how to do it properly. I really wonder how I got along without it all these years.

The book is well-written and easy to read and the various Fortran 77 programs on the various topics within the book are very handy.

Excellent content but is typewritten. Hard to read using "modern"-eyes. Aside from the presentation, the content is well written (as usual for de Boor) and complete. A very good introduction to splines and applications.