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In the field of computer graphics, linear interpolation is called 'lerp'. This is very widely used.
I'm curious about why it is called so. I know it is listed in the Jargon file. The file says it is quasi-acronym of linear interpolation but why are L, E, R, and P chosen? In the first place, is it linear interpolation? or linear interpolation? or other?
I want to know exact origin.
Multiposting: https://ja.stackoverflow.com/questions/71189
is it linear interpolation?
Yes.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING, VOL. 13, NO. 5, MAY 2004: “Linear Interpolation Revitalized” Thierry Blu, Member, IEEE, Philippe Thévenaz, Member, IEEE, and Michael Unser, Fellow, IEEE
The dotted lines indicate the L2 interpolation error:
It is clear that
Linear Interpolation reduces to L-Interpolation, which reduces to L Interp, which reduces to Lerp.
In contrast, linear interpolation is entirely illogical and seems to be a selection of random, emphasised and unemphasised letters.
