Topic: interpolation and polynomial approximation             1 + 2x - x3 , on [ 0 , 1] f(x) = {               2 + a(x-1) + b(x-1)2 + c(x-1)3 , on [1,2] from the functions piecewise function given above, find the values of a,b,c that will make the f(x) a natural cubic spline on [ 0,2]

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Topic: interpolation and polynomial approximation 

           1 + 2x - x, on [ 0 , 1]
f(x) = {
              2 + a(x-1) + b(x-1)2 + c(x-1)3 , on [1,2]

from the functions piecewise function given above, find the values of a,b,c that will make the f(x) a natural cubic spline on [ 0,2]

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