ftkurv

ftkurv calculates an interpolatory spline for parametric curves. ftkurv is in the Fitgrid package -- a package containing 1D and 2D interpolators using cubic splines under tension.

Synopsis

    procedure ftkurv(
        xi[*] : float,
        yi[*] : float,
        t[*]  : float,
        xo[*] : float,
        yo[*] : float
    )

Arguments

xi

A 1D array of any size (npts) containing the abscissae for the input function.

yi

A 1D array containing the npts functional values of the input function -- yi(k) is the functional value at xi(k) for k=0,npts-1.

t

Contains a 1D array of mpts values for the parameter mapping onto the interpolated curve.

xo

A 1D array containing the X values for the interpolated points. t[k] maps to (xo[k],yo[k]) for k=0,mpts-1.

yo

A 1D array An array containing the Y values for the interpolated points. t[k] maps to (xo[k],yo[k]) for k=0,mpts-1.

Description

Control parameters that apply to ftkurv are: sig, sl1, sln, sf1.

Given a sequence of input points ( (xi[0],yi[0]), ... , (xi[npts-1],yi[npts-1]), the interpolated curve is parameterized by mapping points in the interval [0.,1.] onto the interpolated curve. The resulting curve has a parametric representation both of whose components are splines under tension and functions of the polygonal arc length. The value 0. is mapped onto (xi[0],yi[0]) and the value 1. is mapped onto (xi[mpts-1],yi[mpts-1]). Values outside the interval [0.,1.] are mapped to extrapolated values.

The value for the parameter sig specifies the tension factor. Values near zero result in a cubic spline; large values (e.g. 50) result in nearly a polygonal line. A typical value is 1. (the default).

The value for parameter sl1 is in radians and contains the slope at (xi[0],yi[0]). The angle is measured counter-clockwise from the X axis and the positive sense of the curve is assumed to be that moving from point 0 to point npts-1. A value for sl1 may be omitted as indicated by the switch sf1.

The value for parameter sln is in radians and contains the slope at (xi[npts-1],yi[npts-1]). The angle is measured counter-clockwise from the X axis and the positive sense of the curve is assumed to be that moving from point 0 to point npts-1. A value for sln may be omitted as indicated by the switch sf1.

The value of sf1 controls whether to use the values for sl1 and sln, or compute those values internally. Specifically, sf1

= 0 if sl1 and sln are user-specified.

= 1 if sl1 is user-specified, but sln is internally calculated.

= 2 if sln is user-specified, but sl1 is internally calculated.

= 3 if sl1 and sln are internally calculated.

You can extrapolate values with ftkurv (that is calculate interpolated values for abscissae outside of the domain of the input), but these values are, in general, unreliable.

Example

begin
  x = (/  3.0,  4.0,  9.0, 16.0, 21.0, 27.0,    \
         34.0, 36.0, 34.0, 26.0, 18.0         /)
  y = (/  2.4,  9.6, 14.4, 12.0,  9.6,  8.4,    \
         13.2, 21.6, 30.0, 37.2, 38.4         /)

  mpts = 201
  u = fspan(0.,1.,mpts)

  xo = new( (/ mpts /), float)
  yo = new( (/ mpts /), float)
  ftkurv(x, y, u, xo, yo)
end

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