# points of the graph of a polynomial function: we must find the degree, then the
# equation, using R
x=c(-1,-.2,.6,1.4,2.2,3,3.8,4.6,5.4,6.2,7,7.8,8.6,9.4,10.2,11,11.8,12.6,13.4,14.2,15)
y=c(1.2153E-10,4.864,4.352,4.608,11.776,32,71.424,136.192,232.448,366.336,544,771.584,
             1055.232,1401.088,1815.296,2304,2873.344,3529.472,4278.528,5126.656,6080)