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Polynomial regression - Rosetta Code:
Find an approximating polynom of known degree for a given data.
Example: For input data:
x = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
y = {1, 6, 17, 34, 57, 86, 121, 162, 209, 262, 321};
The approximating polynom is:
3 x2 + 2 x + 1
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