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25 // Header file for class Interpolator
26 //
27 // Created by: moneta at Fri Nov 26 15:00:25 2004
28 //
29 // Last update: Fri Nov 26 15:00:25 2004
30 //
31 #ifndef ROOT_Math_Interpolator
32 #define ROOT_Math_Interpolator
33 
35 
36 #include <vector>
37 #include <string>
38 
39 /**
40 @defgroup Interpolation Interpolation Classes
41 
42 Classes for interpolation of points
43 
44 @ingroup NumAlgo
45 */
46 
47 
48 namespace ROOT {
49 namespace Math {
50 
51 
52  class GSLInterpolator;
53 
54 //_____________________________________________________________________________________
55  /**
56  Class for performing function interpolation of points.
57  The class is instantiated with an interpolation methods, passed as an enumeration in the constructor.
58  See Interpolation::Type for the available interpolation algorithms, which are implemented using GSL.
59  See also the <A HREF=http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Interpolation.html">GSL manual</A> for more information.
60  The class provides additional methods for computing derivatives and integrals of interpolating functions.
61 
62  This class does not support copying.
63  @ingroup Interpolation
64  */
65 
66 class Interpolator {
67 
68 public:
69 
70  /**
71  Constructs an interpolator class from number of data points and with Interpolation::Type type.
72  The data can be set later on with the SetData method.
73  In case the data size is not known, better using the default of zero or the next constructor later on.
74  The default interpolation type is Cubic spline
75  */
77 
78  /**
79  Constructs an interpolator class from vector of data points \f$ (x_i, y_i )\f$ and with Interpolation::Type type.
80  The method will compute a continuous interpolating function \f$ y(x) \f$ such that \f$ y_i = y ( x_i )\f$.
81  The default interpolation type is Cubic spline
82  */
83  Interpolator(const std::vector<double> & x, const std::vector<double> & y, Interpolation::Type type = Interpolation::kCSPLINE);
84 
85  virtual ~Interpolator();
86 
87 private:
88  // usually copying is non trivial, so we make this unaccessible
89  Interpolator(const Interpolator &);
91 
92 public:
93 
94  /**
95  Set the data vector ( x[] and y[] )
96  To be efficient, the size of the data must be the same of the value used in the constructor (ndata)
97  If this is not the case a new re-initialization is performed with the new data size
98  */
99  bool SetData(const std::vector<double> & x, const std::vector<double> & y);
100 
101  /**
102  Set the data vector ( x[] and y[] )
103  To be efficient, the size of the data must be the same of the value used when constructing the class (ndata)
104  If this is not the case a new re-initialization is performed with the new data size.
105  */
106  bool SetData(unsigned int ndata, const double * x, const double * y);
107 
108  /**
109  Return the interpolated value at point x
110  */
111  double Eval( double x ) const;
112 
113  /**
114  Return the derivative of the interpolated function at point x
115  */
116  double Deriv( double x ) const;
117 
118  /**
119  Return the second derivative of the interpolated function at point x
120  */
121  double Deriv2( double x ) const;
122 
123  /**
124  Return the Integral of the interpolated function over the range [a,b]
125  */
126  double Integ( double a, double b) const;
127 
128  /**
129  Return the type of interpolation method
130  */
131  std::string Type() const;
132  std::string TypeGet() const;
133 
134 protected:
135 
136 
137 private:
138 
139  GSLInterpolator * fInterp; // pointer to GSL interpolator class
140 
141 };
142 
143 } // namespace Math
144 } // namespace ROOT
145 
146 
147 #endif /* ROOT_Math_Interpolator */
const int ndata
double Eval(double x) const
Return the interpolated value at point x.
bool SetData(const std::vector< double > &x, const std::vector< double > &y)
Set the data vector ( x[] and y[] ) To be efficient, the size of the data must be the same of the val...
GSLInterpolator * fInterp
Definition: Interpolator.h:139
Namespace for new ROOT classes and functions.
Definition: ROOT.py:1
double Deriv2(double x) const
Return the second derivative of the interpolated function at point x.
std::string Type() const
Return the type of interpolation method.
Interpolator & operator=(const Interpolator &)
Class for performing function interpolation of points.
Definition: Interpolator.h:66
double Integ(double a, double b) const
Return the Integral of the interpolated function over the range [a,b].
TArc * a
Definition: textangle.C:12
Double_t x[n]
Definition: legend1.C:17
std::string TypeGet() const
Interpolation class based on GSL interpolation functions.
int type
Definition: TGX11.cxx:120
Type
Enumeration defining the types of interpolation methods availables.
Double_t y[n]
Definition: legend1.C:17
double Deriv(double x) const
Return the derivative of the interpolated function at point x.
Namespace for new Math classes and functions.
Interpolator(unsigned int ndata=0, Interpolation::Type type=Interpolation::kCSPLINE)
Constructs an interpolator class from number of data points and with Interpolation::Type type...