Discrete points on a curve

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Norman
Norman 2014-3-6
回答： Image Analyst 2014-3-7
I have a series of smooth and continuous x,y points that make up a simple curve that is fitted to the data. I have a fixed number of breakpoints ,say 20, that I can put anywhere in the x,y space such that they best represent the curve with minimal error. The endpoints are fixed. I'm not sure where to begin.
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Matt J
Matt J 2014-3-7
编辑：Matt J 2014-3-7
It's not clear when and why error is incurred. Since you know the equation, and if points placed on the curve exactly incur zero error, then why not simply choose 20 points that satisfy the equation exactly?
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson 2014-3-7
points placed on the curve incur round-off error compared to the theoretical curve.
One possibility that would potentially make sense is if Norman wants to place 20 points so that a polynomial fitted through the 20 points would have minimum error compared to the (calculated) curve. Though in that case you need to be able to adjust to odd or even number of points so as to match the parity of the zero crossings.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst 2014-3-7
If you have a quadratic, you might think that you need more points around the apex because the curvature is high. So you could pick points based on the derivative (curvature) of the curve - more at highly curved parts and fewer at the more "straight" parts of the quadratic. However the "straight" parts of the quadratic legs are very steep and so there is a way bigger residual out there (at lines drawn between the limited number of sample points) than around the apex. Sounds a lot more complicated that it appears, so I'd wait to see if Roger Stafford can rescue you. He always has good answers for things like this.

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