Runge's phenomenon

proper noun

A problem of oscillation at the edges of an interval that occurs when using polynomial interpolation with polynomials of high degree over a set of equispaced interpolation points.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. mathematicsA problem of oscillation at the edges of an interval that occurs when using polynomial interpolation with polynomials of high degree over a set of equispaced interpolation points.

Origin

Discovered by Carl David Tolmé Runge (1901).

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