//Example 6.9 //Least Square Fit //Page no. 224 clc;close;clear; x=[-3,-1,1,3] y=[15,5,1,5] n=1; printf('\t\t 2\t 3\t 4\t\t\t 2\n n\tx\tx\tx\tx\ty\txy\tx y\n----------------------------------------------------------------\n') x1=0;x2=0;x3=0;x4=0;x5=0;x6=0;x7=0;x8=0; for i=1:4 printf(' %g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\n',n,x(i),x(i)^2,x(i)^3,x(i)^4,y(i),y(i)*x(i),x(i)^2*y(i)) x1=x1+n; x2=x2+x(i); x3=x3+x(i)^2; x4=x4+x(i)^3; x5=x5+x(i)^4; x6=x6+y(i); x7=x7+y(i)*x(i); x8=x8+x(i)^2*y(i) end printf('----------------------------------------------------------------\n %g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\t%g\n',x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6,x7,x8) A=[x1,x2,x3;x2,x3,x4;x3,x4,x5] B=[x6;x7;x8] C=inv(A)*B; disp(C) x=poly(0,'x') y=C(1)+C(2)*x+C(3)*x^2 disp(y,'y =')