Re: A new proof of the superiority of set oriented approaches: numerical/time serie linear interpolation

Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:

[snip]

>Interpolation has a number of other traps. Suppose one evaluates:
>f(x) = (x-1)/(x-1) at x=0 and x=2. One will reach a vastly wrong
>conclusion if one even tries to interpolate f(1).

     What about if we limit it to functions? Your f is not a function, because 1 is not in the domain. (I am assuming a general (for lack of a better word) domain, such as N, Z, Q, or R.)

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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