#6229: efficiency in Lagrange polynomial interpolation (easy fix...)
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 Reporter:  ylchapuy  |       Owner:  tbd       
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  minor     |   Milestone:  sage-4.0.1
Component:  algebra   |    Keywords:            
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 This is a follow-up to #6043.

 This nested loop is useless:
 {{
         P = 0
         for i in xrange(n):
             prod = 1
             for j in xrange(i):
                 prod *= (x - points[j][0])
             P += (F[i] * prod)
         return P

 }}

 and should be replaced with (something like)

 {{
         P = F[n-1]
         for i in xrange(n-2,-1,-1):
             P *= (x - points[i][0])
             P += F[i]
         return P
 }}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/6229>
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