BERNSTEIN_POLYNOMIAL
The Bernstein Polynomials {#bernstein_polynomial-the-bernstein-polynomials align="center"}
BERNSTEIN_POLYNOMIAL is a C++ library which evaluates the Bernstein polynomials.
A Bernstein polynomial BP(n,x) of degree n is a linear combination of the (n+1) Bernstein basis polynomials B(n,x) of degree n:
BP(n,x) = sum ( 0 <= k <= n ) CP(n,k) * B(n,k)(x).
For 0 <= k <= n, the k-th Bernstein basis polynomial of degree n is:
B(n,k)(x) = C(n,k) * (1-x)^(n-k) * x^k
where C(n,k) is the combinatorial function "N choose K" defined by
C(n,k) = n! / k! / ( n - k )!
For an arbitrary value of n, the set B(n,k) forms a basis for the space of polynomials of degree n or less.
Every basis polynomial B(n,k) is nonnegative in [0,1], and may be zero only at the endpoints.
Except for the case n = 0, the basis polynomial B(n,k)(x) has a unique maximum value at
x = k/n.
For any point x, (including points outside [0,1]), the basis polynomials for an arbitrary value of n sum to 1:
sum ( 1 <= k <= n ) B(n,k)(x) = 1
For 0 < n, the Bernstein basis polynomial can be written as a combination of two lower degree basis polynomials:
B(n,k)(x) = ( 1 - x ) * B(n-1,k)(x) + x * B(n-1,k-1)(x) +
where, if k is 0, the factor B(n-1,k-1)(x) is taken to be 0, and if k is n, the factor B(n-1,k)(x) is taken to be 0.
A Bernstein basis polynomial can be written as a combination of two higher degree basis polynomials:
B(n,k)(x) = ( (n+1-k) * B(n+1,k)(x) + (k+1) * B(n+1,k+1)(x) ) / ( n + 1 )
The derivative of B(n,k)(x) can be written as:
d/dx B(n,k)(x) = n * B(n-1,k-1)(x) - B(n-1,k)(x)
A Bernstein polynomial can be written in terms of the standard power basis:
B(n,k)(x) = sum ( k <= i <= n ) (-1)^(i-k) * C(n,k) * C(i,k) * x^i
A power basis monomial can be written in terms of the Bernstein basis of degree n where k <= n:
x^k = sum ( k-1 <= i <= n-1 ) C(i,k) * B(n,k)(x) / C(n,k)
Over the interval [0,1], the n-th degree Bernstein approximation polynomial to a function f(x) is defined by
BA(n,f)(x) = sum ( 0 <= k <= n ) f(k/n) * B(n,k)(x)
As a function of n, the Bernstein approximation polynomials form a sequence that slowly, but uniformly, converges to f(x) over [0,1].
By a simple linear process, the Bernstein basis polynomials can be shifted to an arbitrary interval [a,b], retaining their properties.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
BERNSTEIN_POLYNOMIAL is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.
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- Kenneth Joy,
"Bernstein Polynomials",
On-Line Geometric Modeling Notes,
idav.ucdavis.edu/education/CAGDNotes/Bernstein-Polynomials.pdf - David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
Numerical Methods and Software,
Prentice Hall, 1989,
ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
LC: TA345.K34. - Josef Reinkenhof,
Differentiation and integration using Bernstein's polynomials,
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering,
Volume 11, Number 10, 1977, pages 1627-1630.
- bernstein_polynomial.cpp, the source code.
- bernstein_polynomial.hpp, the include file.
- bernstein_polynomial_prb.cpp, a sample calling program.
- bernstein_polynomial_prb_output.txt, the output file.
- BERNSTEIN_MATRIX returns the Bernstein matrix.
- BERNSTEIN_MATRIX_DETERMINANT returns the determinant of the BERNSTEIN matrix.
- BERNSTEIN_MATRIX_INVERSE returns the inverse Bernstein matrix.
- BERNSTEIN_POLY_01 evaluates the Bernstein polynomials based in [0,1].
- BERNSTEIN_POLY_01_VALUES returns some values of the Bernstein polynomials.
- BERNSTEIN_POLY_AB evaluates at X the Bernstein polynomials based in [A,B].
- BERNSTEIN_POLY_AB_APPROX: Bernstein approximant to F(X) on [A,B].
- BERNSTEIN_VANDERMONDE returns the Bernstein Vandermonde matrix.
- I4_MAX returns the maximum of two I4's.
- I4_MIN returns the minimum of two I4's.
- R8_CHOOSE computes the binomial coefficient C(N,K) as an R8.
- R8_MAX returns the maximum of two R8's.
- R8_MOP returns the I-th power of -1 as an R8 value.
- R8_UNIFORM_01 returns a unit pseudorandom R8.
- R8MAT_IS_IDENTITY determines if an R8MAT is the identity.
- R8MAT_MM_NEW multiplies two matrices.
- R8MAT_MV_NEW multiplies a matrix times a vector.
- R8MAT_NORM_FRO returns the Frobenius norm of an R8MAT.
- R8MAT_PRINT prints an R8MAT.
- R8MAT_PRINT_SOME prints some of an R8MAT.
- R8VEC_DOT_PRODUCT computes the dot product of a pair of R8VEC's.
- R8VEC_LINSPACE_NEW creates a vector of linearly spaced values.
- R8VEC_SUM returns the sum of an R8VEC.
- TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.
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Last revised on 27 January 2016.