Sorted collections (with
subseq and
rsubseq) can help when working with a partition of disjoint intervals, eg when you need to interpolate.
(defn interpolator
"Takes a coll of 2D points (vectors) and returns
their linear interpolation function."
[points]
(let [m (into (sorted-map) points)]
(fn [x]
(let [[[x1 y1]] (rsubseq m <= x)
[[x2 y2]] (subseq m > x)]
(if x2
(+ y1 (* (- x x1) (/ (- y2 y1) (- x2 x1))))
y1)))))
;; => (map (interpolator [[0 0] [1 1] [3 2] [4 3]]) (range 0 9/2 1/2))
;; (0 1/2 1 5/4 3/2 7/4 2 5/2 3)
