3 ms·
Even cubic splines are not smooth. "Smooth" has very well defined meaning in math -- it means precisely "infinitely many times differentiable". Cubic splines ar
by xyzzyz 15y ago
Even cubic splines are not smooth. "Smooth" has very well defined meaning in math -- it means precisely "infinitely many times differentiable". Cubic splines are differentiable only finitely many times (only twice, actually).
- mistercow 15y agoYes, but "smooth" also has a well defined meaning in everyday language. The word "smooth" is commonly used when talking about splines and interpolation.