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<B>NUM_FIT</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The operator <em>num_fit</em> finds for a set of 
points the linear combination of a given set of 
functions (function basis) which approximates the 
points best under the objective of the <em>least squares</em> 
criterion (minimum of the sum of the squares of the deviation). 
The solution is found as zero of the 
gradient vector of the sum of squared errors. 
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<em>num_fit</em>(&lt;vals&gt;,&lt;basis&gt;,&lt;var&gt;=&lt;pts&gt;) 
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where &lt;vals&gt; is a list of numeric values, 
&lt;var&gt; is a variable used for the approximation, 
&lt;pts&gt; is a list of coordinate values which correspond to 
&lt;var&gt;, 
&lt;basis&gt; is a set of functions varying in <em>var</em> which is used 
 for the approximation. 
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The result is a list containing as first element the 
function which approximates the given values, and as 
second element a list of coefficients which were used 
to build this function from the basis. 
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examples: </H3>
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pts:=for i:=1 step 1 until 5 collect i$

vals:=for i:=1 step 1 until 5 collect

            for j:=1:i product j$

num_fit(vals,{1,x,x**2},x=pts);

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      {14.571428571*X   - 61.428571429*X + 54.6,{54.6,
           - 61.428571429,14.571428571}}

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