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An explicit formula for the dual basis functions of the Bernstein basis is derived. The dual basis functions are expressed as linear combinations of Bernstein polynomials.
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Jüttler, B. The dual basis functions for the Bernstein polynomials. Advances in Computational Mathematics 8, 345–352 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018912801267
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018912801267