Changed test generation function

Switch from Lagrange to newton interpolation polynomial

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ a.out
 main
 .vscode
 vgcore*
+output.txt

input.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import sys
+
+try:
+  n = int(sys.argv[1])
+except:
+  n = 5
+
+print(n)
+
+def f(x: int) -> int:
+  """
+  f(x) = sum with i from 0 to n-1 (i+1)*x^i
+
+  E.g. f(x) = 5x^4 + 4x^3 + 3x^2 + 2x + 1
+  """
+
+  res: int = 0
+
+  for i in range(n):
+    res += (i+1) * pow(x, i)
+
+  return res
+
+for i in range(n):
+  print(i, f(i))

main.c

@@ -38,66 +38,26 @@ double *div_diff_es(double *x, double *y, unsigned int n)
  Coeficients of simplified polynomial computation
 */
 
-void simplify_polynomial(double *res, double *rev_el_coef, double *x, unsigned int n)
+void simplify_polynomial(double *res, double *el_coef, double *x, unsigned int n)
 {
+  double *tmp_polynomial = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * n);
+  tmp_polynomial[0] = 1;
+
   for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
-    if (rev_el_coef[i])
+    if (el_coef[i])
+    {
+      if (i > 0)
+        mult_by_root(tmp_polynomial, x[i - 1], i - 1);
+
       for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
-        res[i - j] += (j % 2 ? -1 : 1) * rev_el_coef[i] * compute_sum_of_multiplications_of_k(x, j, i);
+        res[j] += el_coef[i] * tmp_polynomial[j];
+    }
 }
 
-double compute_sum_of_multiplications_of_k(double *arr, unsigned int k, unsigned int n)
+void mult_by_root(double *res, double root, unsigned int step)
 {
-  if (k == 0)
-    return 1;
-
-  if (k == 1 && n == 1)
-    return arr[0];
-
-  unsigned int *selected = (unsigned int *)malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * k); // Indexes of selected for multiplication elements
-
-  int i = 0, // index of `arr` array
-      j = 0; // index of `selected` array
-
-  double sum = 0;
-
-  while (j >= 0)
-  {
-    if (i <= (n + (j - k)))
-    {
-      selected[j] = i;
-
-      if (j == k - 1)
-      {
-        sum += mult_by_indexes(arr, selected, k);
-        i++;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        i = selected[j] + 1;
-        j++;
-      }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      j--;
-      if (j >= 0)
-        i = selected[j] + 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  free(selected);
-
-  return sum;
-}
-
-double mult_by_indexes(double *arr, unsigned int *indexes, unsigned int size)
-{
-  double res = 1;
-  for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-    res *= arr[indexes[i]];
-
-  return res;
+  for (int j = step + 1; j >= 0; j--)
+    res[j] = (j ? res[j - 1] : 0) - (root * res[j]);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -199,7 +159,8 @@ void print_poly(double *coef, unsigned int n)
         printf("*x");
       if (i > 1)
         printf("^%d ", i);
-      else printf(" ");
+      else
+        printf(" ");
     }
   }
 

polynominal_interpolation.h

@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ void print_poly(double *coef, unsigned int n);
  Coeficients of simplified polynomial computation
 */
 
-void simplify_polynomial(double *res, double *rev_el_coef, double *x, unsigned int n);
-double compute_sum_of_multiplications_of_k(double *x, unsigned int k, unsigned int n);
-double mult_by_indexes(double *arr, unsigned int *indexes, unsigned int size);
+void simplify_polynomial(double *res, double *el_coef, double *x, unsigned int n);
+void mult_by_root(double *res, double root, unsigned int step);
 
 #endif

test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+gcc main.c
+python input.py $1 | tee /dev/fd/2 | ./a.out | tee output.txt