Talk:Interpolation
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 | On 27 July 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Interpolation to Interpolation (mathematics). The result of the discussion was not moved. |
Doesn't explicit the relation to the given data
As I see it, main point of interpolation is to generate a function that goes exactly through the given data, i.e. opposite to Smoothing. Of course one will use the obtained function to evaluate outside of the range of the given data (yaiks, Extrapolation does the same!), but the point of interpolation is that we want to recover the given data exactly. Also in higher dimensions "within the range" doesn't have an unique meaning, except maybe in convex data sets. I have seen so much confusion emerging from this jargon that I decided to write a blog entry with a new term: "intrapolation". Kakila (talk) 16:14, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
- Interpolation and smoothing are both forms of curve fitting - one emphasizes exact interception of points and one tries to fit some form of a "good" approximation curve. They're two variants of a more general idea, rather than opposites. Discretization would be more of an inverse to interpolation. 2600:1012:A023:7497:B104:8626:7D0C:3983 (talk) 04:30, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Restructure article
I propose to split article into two sections:
- Estimation of the interpolation function
- Interpolation between set of numbers
Currently the article weirdly starts by discussing the first topic.--AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 13:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
A video that better idealize the heading
?)Add video 183.82.163.191 (talk) 09:44, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
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Requested move 27 July 2026
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW close. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 18:46, 2 August 2026 (UTC)
Interpolation → Interpolation (mathematics) – I don't believe this is the primary topic, as Interpolation (popular music) actually receives more page views. ~2026-41485-38 (talk) 00:16, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose there is no reason for parentheses of the original topic. If you want to move the other article into the name of this one, request it. Otherwise this move proposal isn't needed. In solidarity Dafootballguy Want to talk? 00:22, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Dafootballguy The page view statistics indicate that this is not the primary topic, so "Interpolation" should be the title of the disambiguation page. ~2026-41485-38 (talk) 00:25, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: the statistics show a short term spike for the music one that lasted a few days. Outside of that the two articles are fairly even getting about ~200 visits a day. I think this a good reason to consider a hat note but its not enough to switch the primary. abandeali (talk) 11:42, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Long term views are much larger for Interpolation than Interpolation (popular music).[1] It's school vacation in many places so the math meaning gets fewer views right now but we shouldn't move articles around every month something happens to temporarily affect page views. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:26, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
- By the way, the only month where the music meaning was far above the math meaning is October 2025 and that looks like the Taylor Swift effect. Views peaked October 3 [2] when the interpolation Father Figure (Taylor Swift song) was released. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. The "Interpolation (popular music) article is nonsense and should be deleted. Trumpetrep (talk) 03:06, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Trumpetrep Why do you say it's nonsense? It seems to cite reputable music magazines abandeali (talk) 10:29, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
- I posted about it on the Talk page of that article. Trumpetrep (talk) 03:20, 2 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Trumpetrep Why do you say it's nonsense? It seems to cite reputable music magazines abandeali (talk) 10:29, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: For reasons given above by others. Feline Hymnic (talk) 09:35, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
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