Interpolation question

[Daniele De Francesco-2]

I have a simple question regarding the internals of the interpolation
classes:

What is the meaning of the method called primitive() ?
I can't understand what it is doing by looking at the code, and I can't find
out from the documentation because... Well... There is no documentation for
it... :-)

-Daniele

[Ferdinando Ametrano-3]

At 10:08 PM 7/15/2004, Daniele De Francesco wrote:
>I have a simple question regarding the internals of the interpolation
>classes:
>
>What is the meaning of the method called primitive() ?


Hi Daniele

sorry for the lack of documentation, it's my fault.

Anyway in calculus, an antiderivative or primitive function of a given real
valued function f is a function F whose derivative is equal to f, i.e.
F'=f. The process of finding antiderivatives is antidifferentiation (or
indefinite integration).
Primitive functions are important because they can be used to compute the
integral of f.

ciao -- Nando