from scipy.interpolate import interp1d x = np.linspace(0, 10, num=11, endpoint=True) y = np.cos(-x**2/9.0) f = interp1d(x, y) f2 = interp1d(x, y, kind='cubic') xnew = np.linspace(0, 10, num=41, endpoint=True) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot(x, y, 'o', xnew, f(xnew), '-', xnew, f2(xnew), '--') plt.legend(['data', 'linear', 'cubic'], loc='best') plt.show()