I have fitted a 2-D cubic spline using scipy.interpolate.RectBivariateSpline. I would like to access/reconstruct the underlying polynomials within each rectangular cell. How can I do this? My code so far is written below.
I have been able to get the knot points and the coefficients with get_knots() and get_coeffs() so it should be possible to build the polynomials, but I do not know the form of the polynomials that the coefficients correspond to. I tried looking at the SciPy source code but I could not locate the underlying dfitpack.regrid_smth function.
A code demonstrating the fitting:
import numpy as np
from scipy.interpolate import RectBivariateSpline
# Evaluate a demonstration function Z(x, y) = sin(sin(x * y)) on a mesh
# of points.
x0 = -1.0
x1 = 1.0
n_x = 11
x = np.linspace(x0, x1, num = n_x)
y0 = -2.0
y1 = 2.0
n_y = 21
y = np.linspace(y0, y1, num = n_y)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y, indexing = 'ij')
Z = np.sin(np.sin(X * Y))
# Fit the sampled function using SciPy's RectBivariateSpline.
order_spline = 3
smoothing = 0.0
spline_fit_func = RectBivariateSpline(x, y, Z,
kx = order_spline, ky = order_spline, s = smoothing)
And to plot it:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Make axes.
fig, ax_arr = plt.subplots(1, 2, sharex = True, sharey = True, figsize = (12.0, 8.0))
# Plot the input function.
ax = ax_arr[0]
ax.set_aspect(1.0)
d_x = x[1] - x[0]
x_edges = np.zeros(n_x + 1)
x_edges[:-1] = x - (d_x / 2.0)
x_edges[-1] = x[-1] + (d_x / 2.0)
d_y = y[1] - y[0]
y_edges = np.zeros(n_y + 1)
y_edges[:-1] = y - (d_y / 2.0)
y_edges[-1] = y[-1] + (d_y / 2.0)
ax.pcolormesh(x_edges, y_edges, Z.T)
ax.set_title('Input function')
# Plot the fitted function.
ax = ax_arr[1]
ax.set_aspect(1.0)
n_x_span = n_x * 10
x_span_edges = np.linspace(x0, x1, num = n_x_span)
x_span_centres = (x_span_edges[1:] + x_span_edges[:-1]) / 2.0
#
n_y_span = n_y * 10
y_span_edges = np.linspace(y0, y1, num = n_y_span)
y_span_centres = (y_span_edges[1:] + y_span_edges[:-1]) / 2.0
Z_fit = spline_fit_func(x_span_centres, y_span_centres)
ax.pcolormesh(x_span_edges, y_span_edges, Z_fit.T)
x_knot, y_knot = spline_fit_func.get_knots()
X_knot, Y_knot = np.meshgrid(x_knot, y_knot)
# Plot the knots.
ax.scatter(X_knot, Y_knot, s = 1, c = 'r')
ax.set_title('Fitted function and knots')
plt.show()