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From: Nicolas Strobel
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 01:52

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Some of the math libraries coming out recently have been including "knot
sequences" in their spline routines (cubic and B-spline). Can anyone give
me a "non-technical" explanation of what "knots" are? Thanks!

nick
strobel@dirac.phys.washington.edu

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From: strobel@dirac.phys.washington.edu (Nicolas Strobel)
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Subject: splines with knots
Summary: what are "knots" in splines?
Keywords: knot sequence splines
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