chapter ix. example comparing the b-representation of a cubic  f  with
c  its values at knot averages.
c  from  * a practical guide to splines *  by c. de boor
c
      integer i,id,j,jj,n,nm4
      real bcoef(23),d(4),d0(4),dtip1,dtip2,f(23),t(27),tave(23),x
c            the taylor coefficients at  0  for the polynomial  f  are
      data d0 /-162.,99.,-18.,1./
c
c                 set up knot sequence in the array  t .
      n = 13
      do 5 i=1,4
         t(i) = 0.
    5    t(n+i) = 10.
      nm4 = n-4
      do 6 i=1,nm4
    6    t(i+4) = float(i)
c
      do 50 i=1,n
c        use nested multiplication to get taylor coefficients  d  at
c               t(i+2)  from those at  0 .
         do 20 j=1,4
   20       d(j) = d0(j)
         do 21 j=1,3
            id = 4
            do 21 jj=j,3
               id = id-1
   21          d(id) = d(id) + d(id+1)*t(i+2)
c
c                compute b-spline coefficients by formula (9).
         dtip1 = t(i+2) - t(i+1)
         dtip2 = t(i+3) - t(i+2)
         bcoef(i) = d(1) + (d(2)*(dtip2-dtip1)-d(3)*dtip1*dtip2)/3.
c
c                  evaluate  f  at corresp. knot average.
         tave(i) = (t(i+1) + t(i+2) + t(i+3))/3.
         x = tave(i)
   50    f(i) = d0(1) + x*(d0(2) + x*(d0(3) + x*d0(4)))
c
      print 650, (i,tave(i), f(i), bcoef(i),i=1,n)
  650 format(45h  i   tave(i)      f at tave(i)      bcoef(i)//
     *       (i3,f10.5,2f16.5))
                                        stop
      end