14 questions linked to/from Data interpolation and ListContourPlot
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### Fastest way to calculate matrix of pairwise distances

It is a very common problem that given a distance function $d(p_1,p_2)$ and a set of points pts, we need to construct a matrix ...
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### Best way to create symmetric matrices

From time to time I need to generate symmetric matrices with relatively expensive cost of element evaluation. Most frequently these are Gram matrices where elements are $L_2$ dot products. Here are ...
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### 2D smoothing spline interpolation

Does Mathematica have 2D smoothing spline interpolation built in? I requires an interpolation method with smooth first derivatives and cubic bivariate splines fulfill this nicely. In python I would ...
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### How can I speed up my compiled RBF interpolating function?

Overview I have a function that acts like the Interpolation on sparse $n$-dimensional data using a simple implementation of RBF interpolation method. I want my ...
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### How can i construct a 3D surface pass through a curve defined by formula and some other controllable points?

For example, If a have a curve defined by x^2+y^2=1 and z=0, and some isolated points having z coordinates, Can I construct a 3D surface passed through? It's better if I can change the surface shape ...
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### Plotting spherical surfaces

I am trying to make surface plots of squashed spheres. The spheres are defined by a list of points. For simplicity, consider the round sphere: ...
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### Derivative of the Dedekind eta function fails to compute with errors I don't understand

When trying to understand better the question Eisenstein Series in Mathematica?, I stumbled on the following: issuing Derivative[1][DedekindEta][.11 I] gives ...
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### Understanding polyharmonic splines

Rahul Narain and J.M. gives implementation of the thin plate polyharmonic splines in this post. Rahul Narain's method is clear. J.M.'s is convenient to reuse. But J.M. used too many matrix(ls,ws,lx,bb,...
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### Interpolating and plotting a surface for a sparse set of 3d data points

I have a set of $(x,y,z)$ coordinates which sparsely cover a surface, e.g.: data = {{51, 15, 0.1}, {300, 11, 0.99}, {140, 22, 0.123}, {54, 12, 0.66}, ...}; What ...
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### Interpolation of ListContourPlot3D, Volumetric data (cube file)

I know there are lots of information about this on stack exchange! Data interpolation and ListContourPlot InterpolationOrder for ContourPlot Unfortunately I was not able to find a proper way to ...
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### Is there a reason why some specific arrangement of scattered grid points would yield bad RBF (Obtuse package) interpolation results?

I have an arrangement of grid points given by the figure below (the datagrid data is posted below at the end of the post): They correspond to electrode positions of an EEG signal. I am interpolating ...
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### Smoothing ListContourPlot contours for unstructured grids. Part 2

My question is motivated by the following discussion. Smoothing ListContourPlot contours I need to generate high-quality contour plots for some property generated on a non-rectangular grid. This is ...