checkValues("MC clamped spline", f, RPN15A_x, RPN15A_y);
check1stDerivativeValue("MC clamped spline", f, RPN15A_x.first(), 0.0);
check1stDerivativeValue("MC clamped spline", f, RPN15A_x.last(), 0.0);
// good performance
interpolated = f.op(x_bad);
assertFalse("MC clamped spline interpolation good performance unverified"
+"\n at x = "+x_bad
+"\n interpolated value: "+interpolated
+"\n expected value > 1.0",
interpolated>1.0);