Editing Newton polynomial (section)

{{Short description|Mathematical expression}}
In the [[mathematical]] field of [[numerical analysis]], a '''Newton polynomial''', named after its inventor [[Isaac Newton]],<ref name="Dunham">{{cite book |last1=Dunham |first1=William |title=Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics |date=1990 |publisher=Kanak Agrawal, Inc |isbn=9780140147391 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/journeythroughge00dunh_0/page/155 155–183] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/journeythroughge00dunh_0/page/155 |access-date=24 October 2019 |chapter=7 }}</ref> is an [[polynomial interpolation|interpolation]] [[polynomial]] for a given set of data points. The Newton polynomial is sometimes called '''Newton's divided differences interpolation polynomial''' because the coefficients of the polynomial are calculated using Newton's [[divided differences]] method.