Re: Why won't Hornerwork?
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- Subject: [mg59097] Re: Why won't Hornerwork?
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:28:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 7/27/05 at 1:24 AM, carlw at u.washington.edu (Carl K. Woll) wrote:
>> In:= Fit[ {{1,200},{200,0},{400,200}}, {1,x,x^2}, x]
>Note that if you are interested in doing polynomial fits, then
>another option is to use the package NumericalMath`PolynomialFit.
In fact, it would be better to use the package NumericalMath`PolynomialFit` than Fit. Powers of x do not form a good set of basis functions for regression. They lead to ill conditioned matrices and numerical instability. The problem becomes more severe as the degree of the polynomial fitted increases. The package NumericalMath`PolynomialFit` is designed to avoid this issue.
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