B. _Inverse Interpolation._

5. To find the value of x when u is given, i.e. to find the value of

[theta] when u_([theta]) is given, we use the same formula as for

direct interpolation, but proceed (if differences beyond the first are

involved) by successive approximation. Taylor's Theorem, for instance,

gives

[theta]

[theta] = (u_[theta] - u0) / (c1 + c2 + ------- + ...)

2!

= (u_[theta] - u0) / P1 (6),

We first find an approximate value for [theta]: then calculate P1, and

find by (6) a more accurate value of [theta]; then, if necessary,

recalculate P1, and thence [theta], and so on.

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