# Python module for calculating the newton polynom from given points
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# Licensed under the GPLv2 License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# Copyright (c) Sven Vogel

def combine_n(points):
    k = len(points)

    if k == 1:
        return points[0][1]
    elif k == 2:
        return (points[1][1] - points[0][1]) / (points[1][0] - points[0][0])
    else:
        return (combine_n(points[1:k]) - combine_n(points[0:(k - 1)])) / (points[k - 1][0] - points[0][0])


# returns a polynom that will intersect all supplied points as long as
# the number of points is bigger than 1
def newton_polynom(points):
    for x in range(1, len(points)):

        if x == 1:
            print(points[0][1], end=' + ')
        else:
            print(end=' + ')

        print(combine_n(points[0:(x + 1)]), end='')

        for y in range(x):
            print(" * (x - {value:.2f})".format(value=points[y][0]), end='')


def test():
    newton_polynom([[-1, 5], [2, -1], [3, -1], [4, 5], [8, 9]])