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# Polynomial Interpolation
ANSI C program which composes polynomial of n - 1 degree that passes through n dots. It presents it in Newton interpolation polynomial and monic form.
## Interface
Application accepts as standart input decimal below 2147483647 `n` as number of dots, followed by n dots in format: `<x> (space) <y>` on each line, where `x` is an abscisse and `y` is an ordinate of single dot. Dot coordinates must fit [2.22507e-308;1.79769e+308] range by modulo.
Result will be printed to standart output in the following format:
Newton polynomial form:
$$f_0 - f_1*(x-x_0) + ... + f_n(x-x_0)*(x-x_1)*...*(x-x_{n-1})$$
Simplified coefficients array (starting from 0 upto n-1 power):
$$a_0 a_1 ... a_{n-1} a_n$$
Polynomial in monic form:
$$a_0 - a_1*x + ... + a_{n-1}*x^(n-2) + a_n*x^(n-1)$$
Where $f_i$ is a divided difference of $y_1,...,y_i$, $a_i$ are coefficients of resulting monic polynomial
## Data structure
- `n` is an `unsigned int` variable, that is used to input and store number of dots
- `x` is a pointer to array of `n` `double`s, that is used to store abscisses of dots
- `y` is a pointer to array of `n` `double`s, that is used to store ordinates of dots
- `coefficients` is a pointer to array of `n` `double`s, that is used to store coefficients of monic interpolation polynomial
- `i`, `j` are `int` variables, those are used in loops as iterators
- `tmp_polynomial` is a pointer to array of `n` `double`s, that is used to store coefficients of polynomial, resulting during simplification of interpolation polynomial summands.
## Example
Build and run application:
```bash
gcc main.c
./a.out
```
### Input/output
For input n = 3 and the following dots
```plain
1 5
2 3
4 8
```
Output is
```plain
Newton polynomial form:
5 - 2*(x-1) + 1.5*(x-1)*(x-2)
Simplified coefficients array (starting from 0 upto n-1 power):
10 -6.5 1.5
Polynomial in standart form:
10 - 6.5*x + 1.5*x^2
```
### Illustrations
#### Example 1
<img src="./img/console.png" />
<img src="./img/wolfram.png" />
<img src="./img/plot.png" />
#### Example 2
<img src="./img/console2.png" />
or
<img src="./img/console3.png" />
<img src="./img/wolfram2.png" />
<img src="./img/plot2.png" />