```python sage: x x sage: l_2 = (x - 1)*(x - 3)*(x - 4) sage: l_2 (x - 1)*(x - 3)*(x - 4) sage: l_2(1) 0 sage: l_2(3) 0 sage: l_2(4) 0 sage: l_2(2) 2 sage: l_2 (x - 1)*(x - 3)*(x - 4) sage: l_2 /= (2-1)*(2-3)*(2-4) sage: l_2(2) 1 sage: l_3 = (x - 1)*(x - 2)*(x-4) / ((3-1)*(3-2)*(3-4)) sage: l_3(1) 0 sage: l_3(2) 0 sage: l_3(3) 1 sage: l_3(4) 0 sage: l_1 = (x - 2)*(x - 3)*(x - 4) / ((1 - 2)*(1 - 3)*(1 ....: - 4)) sage: l_1(1) 1 sage: l_1(2) 0 sage: l_1(3) 0 sage: l_1(4) 0 sage: l_1 -1/6*(x - 2)*(x - 3)*(x - 4) sage: l_2 1/2*(x - 1)*(x - 3)*(x - 4) sage: l_3 -1/2*(x - 1)*(x - 2)*(x - 4) sage: l_4 ---------------------------------------------------------- NameError Traceback (most recent call last) in ----> 1 l_4 NameError: name 'l_4' is not defined sage: l_4 = (x - 1)*(x - 2)*(x - 3) / ((4 - 1)*(4 - 2)*(4 ....: - 3)) sage: l_4(1) 0 sage: l_4(2) 0 sage: l_4(3) 0 sage: l_4(4) 1 sage: for i in range(1, 5): ....: print(i, l_1(i), l_2(i), l_3(i), l_4(i)) ....: 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 sage: f = 6 * l_1 + 4 * l_2 + 3 * l_3 + 0 * l_4 sage: l_2(2) 1 sage: for i in range(1, 5): ....: print(i, f(i)) ....: 1 6 2 4 3 3 4 0 ```