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+## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 VZLU Prague, a.s., Czech Republic
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{jumps} =} ppjumps (@var{pp})
+## Evaluate the boundary jumps of a piecewise polynomial.
+## If there are @math{n} intervals, and the dimensionality of @var{pp} is
+## @math{d}, the resulting array has dimensions @code{[d, n-1]}.
+## @seealso{mkpp}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function jumps = ppjumps (pp)
+ if (nargin != 1)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! (isstruct (pp) && strcmp (pp.form, "pp")))
+ error ("ppjumps: PP must be a structure");
+ endif
+
+ ## Extract info.
+ [x, P, n, k, d] = unmkpp(pp);
+ nd = length (d) + 1;
+
+ ## Offsets.
+ dx = diff(x(1:n));
+ dx = repmat (dx, [prod(d), 1]);
+ dx = reshape (dx, [d, n-1]);
+ dx = shiftdim (dx, nd - 1);
+
+ ## Use Horner scheme.
+ if (k>1)
+ llim = shiftdim (reshape (P(1:(n-1) * prod(d), 1), [d, n-1]), nd - 1);
+ endif
+
+ for i = 2 : k;
+ llim .*= dx;
+ llim += shiftdim (reshape (P(1:(n-1) * prod (d), i), [d, n-1]), nd - 1);
+ endfor
+
+ rlim = shiftdim (ppval (pp, x(2:end-1)), nd - 1);
+ jumps = shiftdim (rlim - llim, 1);
+endfunction
+
+
+%!test
+%! p = [1 6 11 6];
+%! x = linspace (5, 6, 4);
+%! y = polyval (p, x);
+%! pp = spline (x, y);
+%! jj = ppjumps (pp);
+%! assert (jj, [0 0], eps)
+
+%!test
+%!
+%! breaks = [0 1 2];
+%! pp1 = poly (-[1 2 3]);
+%! pp2 = poly (-([1 2 3]+1));
+%! pp = mkpp (breaks, [pp1;pp2]);
+%! assert (ppjumps (pp), 0, eps)
+
+%!test
+%!
+%! breaks = [0 1 2];
+%! pp1 = poly (-[1 2 3]);
+%! pp2 = poly (([1 2 3]+1));
+%! pp = mkpp (breaks, [pp1;pp2]);
+%! j = - 2 * polyval (pp1, 1);
+%! assert (ppjumps (pp), j, eps)