SUMMARYVarious methods of curve fitting used in solving aero-thermodynamic problems of turbomachines have been compared. The first and second derivatives predicted by using orthogonal polynomial fits are much more accurate than those obtained by using spline fits (with different boundary conditions) and method of least squares.
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