Question

how do i find a polynomial using divided difference method:
points 1,3 3,7 5,8

Answer 1

i'm lookin at the wiki page and a little lost, if you can tell me how to make a matirx out of it i can probable solve it

Answer 2

@Jhannybean u busy JellyBean?
got a sec to help lil Jack?

Answer 3

not too familiar with the divide difference method.. i'll have to look it up

Answer 4

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 5

ooo, jim's online?
cheers anyway JB

Answer 6

you mean the finite difference?

Answer 7

my q says divided difference method
i'm looking here... still not any clearer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided_differences

Answer 8

ok I think I found a page that explains it a bit better

Answer 9

http://planetmath.org/divideddifferencetable

Answer 10

sweet, cheers man!

Answer 11

you're welcome

Answer 12

this pdf may help as well (it clears up a question I had about the coefficients out front)

http://www3.nd.edu/~zxu2/acms40390F12/Lec-3.3.pdf