A chronology of interpolation: from ancient astronomy to modern signal and image processing

This paper presents a chronological overview of the developments in interpolation theory, from the earliest times to the present date. It brings out the connections between the results obtained in different ages, thereby putting the techniques currently used in signal and image processing into historical perspective. A summary of the insights and recommendations that follow from relatively recent theoretical as well as experimental studies concludes the presentation.

• ÉP
  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• EU
  Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam