Talk:Interpolation
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Doesn't explicit the relation to the given data
[edit source]As I see it, main point of interpolation is to generate a function that goes exactly through the given data, i.e. opposite to Smoothing. Of course one will use the obtained function to evaluate outside of the range of the given data (yaiks, Extrapolation does the same!), but the point of interpolation is that we want to recover the given data exactly. Also in higher dimensions "within the range" doesn't have an unique meaning, except maybe in convex data sets. I have seen so much confusion emerging from this jargon that I decided to write a blog entry with a new term: "intrapolation". Kakila (talk) 16:14, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
- Interpolation and smoothing are both forms of curve fitting - one emphasizes exact interception of points and one tries to fit some form of a "good" approximation curve. They're two variants of a more general idea, rather than opposites. Discretization would be more of an inverse to interpolation. 2600:1012:A023:7497:B104:8626:7D0C:3983 (talk) 04:30, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Restructure article
[edit source]I propose to split article into two sections:
- Estimation of the interpolation function
- Interpolation between set of numbers
Currently the article weirdly starts by discussing the first topic.--AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 13:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
A video that better idealize the heading
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Requested move 27 July 2026
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Interpolation → Interpolation (mathematics) – I don't believe this is the primary topic, as Interpolation (popular music) actually receives more page views. ~2026-41485-38 (talk) 00:16, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose there is no reason for parentheses of the original topic. If you want to move the other article into the name of this one, request it. Otherwise this move proposal isn't needed. In solidarity Dafootballguy Want to talk? 00:22, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Dafootballguy The page view statistics indicate that this is not the primary topic, so "Interpolation" should be the title of the disambiguation page. ~2026-41485-38 (talk) 00:25, 27 July 2026 (UTC)