# Runge's phenomenon

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A problem of oscillation at the edges of an interval that occurs when using polynomial interpolation with polynomials of high degree over a set of equispaced interpolation points.

## Etymology
Discovered by Carl David Tolmé Runge (1901).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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