#### Newton Forward Divided Difference Formula

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"The Newton polynomial can be expressed in a simplified form when $x_0,x_1,...,x_k$ are arranged consecutively with equal spacing. Introducing the notation $h=x_{i+1} - x_i$ for each $i = 0, 1,...,k-1$ and $x = x_0+sh$, the difference $x-x_i$ can be written as $(s-i)h$. So the Newton polynomial becomes $$\\sum_{i=0}^k = {s \\choose i}i!h^i[y_0,...,y_i].$$This is called the Newton forward divided difference formula."
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"Let's check this method for the next function: $$f(x*3^x)$$ with $\\varepsilon = 0.0001$"
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"f(x 0 ) = -0.3333333333333333\n",
"f(x 1 ) = -0.28867513459481287\n",
"f(x 2 ) = 0.0\n",
"f(x 3 ) = 0.8660254037844386\n",
"f(x 4 ) = 3.0\n",
"[-0.33333333  0.0446582   0.24401694  0.33333333  0.35726559]\n",
"Count of parts in the interpolation formula: 5\n",
"Value of functions f(x) in -0.25 = -0.06957804087824197\n"
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"import numpy as np \n",
"import math\n",
"x = np.array([-1.0, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1.0], float)\n",
"y = np.array([-0.3333333333333333,-0.28867513459481287, 0.0, 0.8660254037844386, 3.0], float)\n",
"eps = 0.0001\n",
"n = len(x)\n",
"\n",
"for i in range(n):\n",
"    a = float(x[i]*(3**x[i]))\n",
"    print(\"f(x\",i,\") =\",a)\n",
"\n",
"def coef(x, y): \n",
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"    y.astype(float) \n",
"    n = len(x) \n",
"    a = [] \n",
"    for i in range(n): \n",
"        a.append(y[i]) \n",
"    for j in range(1, n): \n",
"        for i in range(n-1, j-1, -1): \n",
"            a[i] = float(a[i]-a[i-1])\n",
"    return np.array(a)  \n",
"print(coef(x, y))\n",
"r = float(-0.25)\n",
"t = float((r - x[0])/(x[1]-x[0]))\n",
"\n",
"def tsum(t, n):\n",
"    sum = float(1.0)\n",
"    for i in range(0, n, 1):\n",
"        sum = float(sum*(t-i))\n",
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"    \n",
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"    n = len(a) \n",
"    temp = a[0]\n",
"    count = 1\n",
"    for i in range(1, n, 1):\n",
"        temp += (tsum(t, i-1)*a[i])/math.factorial(i)\n",
"        count = count + 1\n",
"    print(\"Count of parts in the interpolation formula:\",count)\n",
"    return temp\n",
"result = Eval(coef(x,y),x,t)\n",
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"print(\"Value of functions f(x) in\",r,\"=\",result)\n"
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The Newton polynomial can be expressed in a simplified form when $x_0,x_1,...,x_k$ are arranged consecutively with equal spacing. Introducing the notation $h=x_{i+1} - x_i$ for each $i = 0, 1,...,k-1$ and $x = x_0+sh$, the difference $x-x_i$ can be written as $(s-i)h$. So the Newton polynomial becomes $$\sum_{i=0}^k = {s \choose i}i!h^i[y_0,...,y_i].$$This is called the Newton forward divided difference formula.

Let's check this method for the next function: $$f(x*3^x)$$ with $\varepsilon = 0.0001$

import numpy as np
import math
x = np.array([-1.0, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1.0], float)
y = np.array([-0.3333333333333333,-0.28867513459481287, 0.0, 0.8660254037844386, 3.0], float)
eps = 0.0001
n = len(x)

for i in range(n):
a = float(x[i]*(3**x[i]))
print("f(x",i,") =",a)

def coef(x, y):
x.astype(float)
y.astype(float)
n = len(x)
a = []
for i in range(n):
a.append(y[i])
for j in range(1, n):
for i in range(n-1, j-1, -1):
a[i] = float(a[i]-a[i-1])
return np.array(a)
print(coef(x, y))
r = float(-0.25)
t = float((r - x[0])/(x[1]-x[0]))

def tsum(t, n):
sum = float(1.0)
for i in range(0, n, 1):
sum = float(sum*(t-i))
return float(sum)

def Eval(a, x, t):
x.astype(float)
n = len(a)
temp = a[0]
count = 1
for i in range(1, n, 1):
temp += (tsum(t, i-1)*a[i])/math.factorial(i)
count = count + 1
print("Count of parts in the interpolation formula:",count)
return temp
result = Eval(coef(x,y),x,t)

print("Value of functions f(x) in",r,"=",result)

f(x 0 ) = -0.3333333333333333
f(x 1 ) = -0.28867513459481287
f(x 2 ) = 0.0
f(x 3 ) = 0.8660254037844386
f(x 4 ) = 3.0
[-0.33333333  0.0446582   0.24401694  0.33333333  0.35726559]
Count of parts in the interpolation formula: 5
Value of functions f(x) in -0.25 = -0.06957804087824197