DELİCEOĞLU, ALİ
M.S., Mathematics
Supervisor : Münevver TEZER
Co-supervisor : -
June 2000, 126 pages
In this thesis, new fast algorithms for polynomial interpolation and
evaluation on the Chebyshev node set are introduced and the computational
complexity of these
methods are discussed. We consider polynomial evaluation and interpolation
on a set of points, with particular attention to the case of Fourier points
(roots of unity).
This case brings us to the Discrete Fourier Transform and to the Fast
Fourier Transform algorithms. Then the evaluation-interpolation technique
is introduced and is
also applied to the computation of a polynomial product and the evaluation
of a polynomial at a shifted variable. In order to make comparisons of
these new
algorithms with the standard algorithms (Horner's method and standard
polynomial product), Fortran program codes are written for each technique
and the results
are discussed at several points. All these work showed that the cost
of the new fast algorithms are of O(n log n) arithmetic operations.
Keywords : Chebyshev nodes, Polynomial interpolation, Polynomial evaluation, Algorithms, Computational complexity, Fast Fourier transform.