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diff --git a/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/CMakeLists.txt b/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/CMakeLists.txt
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+FILE(GLOB Eigen_Splines_SRCS "*.h")
+
+INSTALL(FILES
+  ${Eigen_Splines_SRCS}
+  DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines COMPONENT Devel
+  )
diff --git a/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/Spline.h b/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/Spline.h
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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 20010-2011 Hauke Heibel <hauke.heibel@gmail.com>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_SPLINE_H
+#define EIGEN_SPLINE_H
+
+#include "SplineFwd.h"
+
+namespace Eigen
+{
+    /**
+     * \ingroup Splines_Module
+     * \class Spline
+     * \brief A class representing multi-dimensional spline curves.
+     *
+     * The class represents B-splines with non-uniform knot vectors. Each control
+     * point of the B-spline is associated with a basis function
+     * \f{align*}
+     *   C(u) & = \sum_{i=0}^{n}N_{i,p}(u)P_i
+     * \f}
+     *
+     * \tparam _Scalar The underlying data type (typically float or double)
+     * \tparam _Dim The curve dimension (e.g. 2 or 3)
+     * \tparam _Degree Per default set to Dynamic; could be set to the actual desired
+     *                degree for optimization purposes (would result in stack allocation
+     *                of several temporary variables).
+     **/
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  class Spline
+  {
+  public:
+    typedef _Scalar Scalar; /*!< The spline curve's scalar type. */
+    enum { Dimension = _Dim /*!< The spline curve's dimension. */ };
+    enum { Degree = _Degree /*!< The spline curve's degree. */ };
+
+    /** \brief The point type the spline is representing. */
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<Spline>::PointType PointType;
+    
+    /** \brief The data type used to store knot vectors. */
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<Spline>::KnotVectorType KnotVectorType;
+    
+    /** \brief The data type used to store non-zero basis functions. */
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<Spline>::BasisVectorType BasisVectorType;
+    
+    /** \brief The data type representing the spline's control points. */
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<Spline>::ControlPointVectorType ControlPointVectorType;
+    
+    /**
+    * \brief Creates a (constant) zero spline.
+    * For Splines with dynamic degree, the resulting degree will be 0.
+    **/
+    Spline() 
+    : m_knots(1, (Degree==Dynamic ? 2 : 2*Degree+2))
+    , m_ctrls(ControlPointVectorType::Zero(2,(Degree==Dynamic ? 1 : Degree+1))) 
+    {
+      // in theory this code can go to the initializer list but it will get pretty
+      // much unreadable ...
+      enum { MinDegree = (Degree==Dynamic ? 0 : Degree) };
+      m_knots.template segment<MinDegree+1>(0) = Array<Scalar,1,MinDegree+1>::Zero();
+      m_knots.template segment<MinDegree+1>(MinDegree+1) = Array<Scalar,1,MinDegree+1>::Ones();
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * \brief Creates a spline from a knot vector and control points.
+    * \param knots The spline's knot vector.
+    * \param ctrls The spline's control point vector.
+    **/
+    template <typename OtherVectorType, typename OtherArrayType>
+    Spline(const OtherVectorType& knots, const OtherArrayType& ctrls) : m_knots(knots), m_ctrls(ctrls) {}
+
+    /**
+    * \brief Copy constructor for splines.
+    * \param spline The input spline.
+    **/
+    template <int OtherDegree>
+    Spline(const Spline<Scalar, Dimension, OtherDegree>& spline) : 
+    m_knots(spline.knots()), m_ctrls(spline.ctrls()) {}
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Returns the knots of the underlying spline.
+     **/
+    const KnotVectorType& knots() const { return m_knots; }
+    
+    /**
+     * \brief Returns the knots of the underlying spline.
+     **/    
+    const ControlPointVectorType& ctrls() const { return m_ctrls; }
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Returns the spline value at a given site \f$u\f$.
+     *
+     * The function returns
+     * \f{align*}
+     *   C(u) & = \sum_{i=0}^{n}N_{i,p}P_i
+     * \f}
+     *
+     * \param u Parameter \f$u \in [0;1]\f$ at which the spline is evaluated.
+     * \return The spline value at the given location \f$u\f$.
+     **/
+    PointType operator()(Scalar u) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Evaluation of spline derivatives of up-to given order.
+     *
+     * The function returns
+     * \f{align*}
+     *   \frac{d^i}{du^i}C(u) & = \sum_{i=0}^{n} \frac{d^i}{du^i} N_{i,p}(u)P_i
+     * \f}
+     * for i ranging between 0 and order.
+     *
+     * \param u Parameter \f$u \in [0;1]\f$ at which the spline derivative is evaluated.
+     * \param order The order up to which the derivatives are computed.
+     **/
+    typename SplineTraits<Spline>::DerivativeType
+      derivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \copydoc Spline::derivatives
+     * Using the template version of this function is more efficieent since
+     * temporary objects are allocated on the stack whenever this is possible.
+     **/    
+    template <int DerivativeOrder>
+    typename SplineTraits<Spline,DerivativeOrder>::DerivativeType
+      derivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order = DerivativeOrder) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Computes the non-zero basis functions at the given site.
+     *
+     * Splines have local support and a point from their image is defined
+     * by exactly \f$p+1\f$ control points \f$P_i\f$ where \f$p\f$ is the
+     * spline degree.
+     *
+     * This function computes the \f$p+1\f$ non-zero basis function values
+     * for a given parameter value \f$u\f$. It returns
+     * \f{align*}{
+     *   N_{i,p}(u), \hdots, N_{i+p+1,p}(u)
+     * \f}
+     *
+     * \param u Parameter \f$u \in [0;1]\f$ at which the non-zero basis functions 
+     *          are computed.
+     **/
+    typename SplineTraits<Spline>::BasisVectorType
+      basisFunctions(Scalar u) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Computes the non-zero spline basis function derivatives up to given order.
+     *
+     * The function computes
+     * \f{align*}{
+     *   \frac{d^i}{du^i} N_{i,p}(u), \hdots, \frac{d^i}{du^i} N_{i+p+1,p}(u)
+     * \f}
+     * with i ranging from 0 up to the specified order.
+     *
+     * \param u Parameter \f$u \in [0;1]\f$ at which the non-zero basis function
+     *          derivatives are computed.
+     * \param order The order up to which the basis function derivatives are computes.
+     **/
+    typename SplineTraits<Spline>::BasisDerivativeType
+      basisFunctionDerivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \copydoc Spline::basisFunctionDerivatives
+     * Using the template version of this function is more efficieent since
+     * temporary objects are allocated on the stack whenever this is possible.
+     **/    
+    template <int DerivativeOrder>
+    typename SplineTraits<Spline,DerivativeOrder>::BasisDerivativeType
+      basisFunctionDerivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order = DerivativeOrder) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Returns the spline degree.
+     **/ 
+    DenseIndex degree() const;
+
+    /** 
+     * \brief Returns the span within the knot vector in which u is falling.
+     * \param u The site for which the span is determined.
+     **/
+    DenseIndex span(Scalar u) const;
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Computes the spang within the provided knot vector in which u is falling.
+     **/
+    static DenseIndex Span(typename SplineTraits<Spline>::Scalar u, DenseIndex degree, const typename SplineTraits<Spline>::KnotVectorType& knots);
+    
+    /**
+     * \brief Returns the spline's non-zero basis functions.
+     *
+     * The function computes and returns
+     * \f{align*}{
+     *   N_{i,p}(u), \hdots, N_{i+p+1,p}(u)
+     * \f}
+     *
+     * \param u The site at which the basis functions are computed.
+     * \param degree The degree of the underlying spline.
+     * \param knots The underlying spline's knot vector.
+     **/
+    static BasisVectorType BasisFunctions(Scalar u, DenseIndex degree, const KnotVectorType& knots);
+
+
+  private:
+    KnotVectorType m_knots; /*!< Knot vector. */
+    ControlPointVectorType  m_ctrls; /*!< Control points. */
+  };
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  DenseIndex Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::Span(
+    typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree> >::Scalar u,
+    DenseIndex degree,
+    const typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree> >::KnotVectorType& knots)
+  {
+    // Piegl & Tiller, "The NURBS Book", A2.1 (p. 68)
+    if (u <= knots(0)) return degree;
+    const Scalar* pos = std::upper_bound(knots.data()+degree-1, knots.data()+knots.size()-degree-1, u);
+    return static_cast<DenseIndex>( std::distance(knots.data(), pos) - 1 );
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  typename Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::BasisVectorType
+    Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::BasisFunctions(
+    typename Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::Scalar u,
+    DenseIndex degree,
+    const typename Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::KnotVectorType& knots)
+  {
+    typedef typename Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::BasisVectorType BasisVectorType;
+
+    const DenseIndex p = degree;
+    const DenseIndex i = Spline::Span(u, degree, knots);
+
+    const KnotVectorType& U = knots;
+
+    BasisVectorType left(p+1); left(0) = Scalar(0);
+    BasisVectorType right(p+1); right(0) = Scalar(0);        
+
+    VectorBlock<BasisVectorType,Degree>(left,1,p) = u - VectorBlock<const KnotVectorType,Degree>(U,i+1-p,p).reverse();
+    VectorBlock<BasisVectorType,Degree>(right,1,p) = VectorBlock<const KnotVectorType,Degree>(U,i+1,p) - u;
+
+    BasisVectorType N(1,p+1);
+    N(0) = Scalar(1);
+    for (DenseIndex j=1; j<=p; ++j)
+    {
+      Scalar saved = Scalar(0);
+      for (DenseIndex r=0; r<j; r++)
+      {
+        const Scalar tmp = N(r)/(right(r+1)+left(j-r));
+        N[r] = saved + right(r+1)*tmp;
+        saved = left(j-r)*tmp;
+      }
+      N(j) = saved;
+    }
+    return N;
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  DenseIndex Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::degree() const
+  {
+    if (_Degree == Dynamic)
+      return m_knots.size() - m_ctrls.cols() - 1;
+    else
+      return _Degree;
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  DenseIndex Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::span(Scalar u) const
+  {
+    return Spline::Span(u, degree(), knots());
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  typename Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::PointType Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::operator()(Scalar u) const
+  {
+    enum { Order = SplineTraits<Spline>::OrderAtCompileTime };
+
+    const DenseIndex span = this->span(u);
+    const DenseIndex p = degree();
+    const BasisVectorType basis_funcs = basisFunctions(u);
+
+    const Replicate<BasisVectorType,Dimension,1> ctrl_weights(basis_funcs);
+    const Block<const ControlPointVectorType,Dimension,Order> ctrl_pts(ctrls(),0,span-p,Dimension,p+1);
+    return (ctrl_weights * ctrl_pts).rowwise().sum();
+  }
+
+  /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  template <typename SplineType, typename DerivativeType>
+  void derivativesImpl(const SplineType& spline, typename SplineType::Scalar u, DenseIndex order, DerivativeType& der)
+  {    
+    enum { Dimension = SplineTraits<SplineType>::Dimension };
+    enum { Order = SplineTraits<SplineType>::OrderAtCompileTime };
+    enum { DerivativeOrder = DerivativeType::ColsAtCompileTime };
+
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<SplineType>::ControlPointVectorType ControlPointVectorType;
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<SplineType,DerivativeOrder>::BasisDerivativeType BasisDerivativeType;
+    typedef typename BasisDerivativeType::ConstRowXpr BasisDerivativeRowXpr;    
+
+    const DenseIndex p = spline.degree();
+    const DenseIndex span = spline.span(u);
+
+    const DenseIndex n = (std::min)(p, order);
+
+    der.resize(Dimension,n+1);
+
+    // Retrieve the basis function derivatives up to the desired order...    
+    const BasisDerivativeType basis_func_ders = spline.template basisFunctionDerivatives<DerivativeOrder>(u, n+1);
+
+    // ... and perform the linear combinations of the control points.
+    for (DenseIndex der_order=0; der_order<n+1; ++der_order)
+    {
+      const Replicate<BasisDerivativeRowXpr,Dimension,1> ctrl_weights( basis_func_ders.row(der_order) );
+      const Block<const ControlPointVectorType,Dimension,Order> ctrl_pts(spline.ctrls(),0,span-p,Dimension,p+1);
+      der.col(der_order) = (ctrl_weights * ctrl_pts).rowwise().sum();
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree> >::DerivativeType
+    Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::derivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order) const
+  {
+    typename SplineTraits< Spline >::DerivativeType res;
+    derivativesImpl(*this, u, order, res);
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  template <int DerivativeOrder>
+  typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>, DerivativeOrder >::DerivativeType
+    Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::derivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order) const
+  {
+    typename SplineTraits< Spline, DerivativeOrder >::DerivativeType res;
+    derivativesImpl(*this, u, order, res);
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree> >::BasisVectorType
+    Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::basisFunctions(Scalar u) const
+  {
+    return Spline::BasisFunctions(u, degree(), knots());
+  }
+
+  /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  template <typename SplineType, typename DerivativeType>
+  void basisFunctionDerivativesImpl(const SplineType& spline, typename SplineType::Scalar u, DenseIndex order, DerivativeType& N_)
+  {
+    enum { Order = SplineTraits<SplineType>::OrderAtCompileTime };
+
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<SplineType>::Scalar Scalar;
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<SplineType>::BasisVectorType BasisVectorType;
+    typedef typename SplineTraits<SplineType>::KnotVectorType KnotVectorType;
+
+    const KnotVectorType& U = spline.knots();
+
+    const DenseIndex p = spline.degree();
+    const DenseIndex span = spline.span(u);
+
+    const DenseIndex n = (std::min)(p, order);
+
+    N_.resize(n+1, p+1);
+
+    BasisVectorType left = BasisVectorType::Zero(p+1);
+    BasisVectorType right = BasisVectorType::Zero(p+1);
+
+    Matrix<Scalar,Order,Order> ndu(p+1,p+1);
+
+    double saved, temp;
+
+    ndu(0,0) = 1.0;
+
+    DenseIndex j;
+    for (j=1; j<=p; ++j)
+    {
+      left[j] = u-U[span+1-j];
+      right[j] = U[span+j]-u;
+      saved = 0.0;
+
+      for (DenseIndex r=0; r<j; ++r)
+      {
+        /* Lower triangle */
+        ndu(j,r) = right[r+1]+left[j-r];
+        temp = ndu(r,j-1)/ndu(j,r);
+        /* Upper triangle */
+        ndu(r,j) = static_cast<Scalar>(saved+right[r+1] * temp);
+        saved = left[j-r] * temp;
+      }
+
+      ndu(j,j) = static_cast<Scalar>(saved);
+    }
+
+    for (j = p; j>=0; --j) 
+      N_(0,j) = ndu(j,p);
+
+    // Compute the derivatives
+    DerivativeType a(n+1,p+1);
+    DenseIndex r=0;
+    for (; r<=p; ++r)
+    {
+      DenseIndex s1,s2;
+      s1 = 0; s2 = 1; // alternate rows in array a
+      a(0,0) = 1.0;
+
+      // Compute the k-th derivative
+      for (DenseIndex k=1; k<=static_cast<DenseIndex>(n); ++k)
+      {
+        double d = 0.0;
+        DenseIndex rk,pk,j1,j2;
+        rk = r-k; pk = p-k;
+
+        if (r>=k)
+        {
+          a(s2,0) = a(s1,0)/ndu(pk+1,rk);
+          d = a(s2,0)*ndu(rk,pk);
+        }
+
+        if (rk>=-1) j1 = 1;
+        else        j1 = -rk;
+
+        if (r-1 <= pk) j2 = k-1;
+        else           j2 = p-r;
+
+        for (j=j1; j<=j2; ++j)
+        {
+          a(s2,j) = (a(s1,j)-a(s1,j-1))/ndu(pk+1,rk+j);
+          d += a(s2,j)*ndu(rk+j,pk);
+        }
+
+        if (r<=pk)
+        {
+          a(s2,k) = -a(s1,k-1)/ndu(pk+1,r);
+          d += a(s2,k)*ndu(r,pk);
+        }
+
+        N_(k,r) = static_cast<Scalar>(d);
+        j = s1; s1 = s2; s2 = j; // Switch rows
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* Multiply through by the correct factors */
+    /* (Eq. [2.9])                             */
+    r = p;
+    for (DenseIndex k=1; k<=static_cast<DenseIndex>(n); ++k)
+    {
+      for (DenseIndex j=p; j>=0; --j) N_(k,j) *= r;
+      r *= p-k;
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree> >::BasisDerivativeType
+    Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::basisFunctionDerivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order) const
+  {
+    typename SplineTraits< Spline >::BasisDerivativeType der;
+    basisFunctionDerivativesImpl(*this, u, order, der);
+    return der;
+  }
+
+  template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+  template <int DerivativeOrder>
+  typename SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>, DerivativeOrder >::BasisDerivativeType
+    Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>::basisFunctionDerivatives(Scalar u, DenseIndex order) const
+  {
+    typename SplineTraits< Spline, DerivativeOrder >::BasisDerivativeType der;
+    basisFunctionDerivativesImpl(*this, u, order, der);
+    return der;
+  }
+}
+
+#endif // EIGEN_SPLINE_H
diff --git a/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFitting.h b/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFitting.h
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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 20010-2011 Hauke Heibel <hauke.heibel@gmail.com>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_SPLINE_FITTING_H
+#define EIGEN_SPLINE_FITTING_H
+
+#include <numeric>
+
+#include "SplineFwd.h"
+
+#include <Eigen/QR>
+
+namespace Eigen
+{
+  /**
+   * \brief Computes knot averages.
+   * \ingroup Splines_Module
+   *
+   * The knots are computed as
+   * \f{align*}
+   *  u_0 & = \hdots = u_p = 0 \\
+   *  u_{m-p} & = \hdots = u_{m} = 1 \\
+   *  u_{j+p} & = \frac{1}{p}\sum_{i=j}^{j+p-1}\bar{u}_i \quad\quad j=1,\hdots,n-p
+   * \f}
+   * where \f$p\f$ is the degree and \f$m+1\f$ the number knots
+   * of the desired interpolating spline.
+   *
+   * \param[in] parameters The input parameters. During interpolation one for each data point.
+   * \param[in] degree The spline degree which is used during the interpolation.
+   * \param[out] knots The output knot vector.
+   *
+   * \sa Les Piegl and Wayne Tiller, The NURBS book (2nd ed.), 1997, 9.2.1 Global Curve Interpolation to Point Data
+   **/
+  template <typename KnotVectorType>
+  void KnotAveraging(const KnotVectorType& parameters, DenseIndex degree, KnotVectorType& knots)
+  {
+    knots.resize(parameters.size()+degree+1);      
+
+    for (DenseIndex j=1; j<parameters.size()-degree; ++j)
+      knots(j+degree) = parameters.segment(j,degree).mean();
+
+    knots.segment(0,degree+1) = KnotVectorType::Zero(degree+1);
+    knots.segment(knots.size()-degree-1,degree+1) = KnotVectorType::Ones(degree+1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Computes chord length parameters which are required for spline interpolation.
+   * \ingroup Splines_Module
+   *
+   * \param[in] pts The data points to which a spline should be fit.
+   * \param[out] chord_lengths The resulting chord lenggth vector.
+   *
+   * \sa Les Piegl and Wayne Tiller, The NURBS book (2nd ed.), 1997, 9.2.1 Global Curve Interpolation to Point Data
+   **/   
+  template <typename PointArrayType, typename KnotVectorType>
+  void ChordLengths(const PointArrayType& pts, KnotVectorType& chord_lengths)
+  {
+    typedef typename KnotVectorType::Scalar Scalar;
+
+    const DenseIndex n = pts.cols();
+
+    // 1. compute the column-wise norms
+    chord_lengths.resize(pts.cols());
+    chord_lengths[0] = 0;
+    chord_lengths.rightCols(n-1) = (pts.array().leftCols(n-1) - pts.array().rightCols(n-1)).matrix().colwise().norm();
+
+    // 2. compute the partial sums
+    std::partial_sum(chord_lengths.data(), chord_lengths.data()+n, chord_lengths.data());
+
+    // 3. normalize the data
+    chord_lengths /= chord_lengths(n-1);
+    chord_lengths(n-1) = Scalar(1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Spline fitting methods.
+   * \ingroup Splines_Module
+   **/     
+  template <typename SplineType>
+  struct SplineFitting
+  {
+    typedef typename SplineType::KnotVectorType KnotVectorType;
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Fits an interpolating Spline to the given data points.
+     *
+     * \param pts The points for which an interpolating spline will be computed.
+     * \param degree The degree of the interpolating spline.
+     *
+     * \returns A spline interpolating the initially provided points.
+     **/
+    template <typename PointArrayType>
+    static SplineType Interpolate(const PointArrayType& pts, DenseIndex degree);
+
+    /**
+     * \brief Fits an interpolating Spline to the given data points.
+     *
+     * \param pts The points for which an interpolating spline will be computed.
+     * \param degree The degree of the interpolating spline.
+     * \param knot_parameters The knot parameters for the interpolation.
+     *
+     * \returns A spline interpolating the initially provided points.
+     **/
+    template <typename PointArrayType>
+    static SplineType Interpolate(const PointArrayType& pts, DenseIndex degree, const KnotVectorType& knot_parameters);
+  };
+
+  template <typename SplineType>
+  template <typename PointArrayType>
+  SplineType SplineFitting<SplineType>::Interpolate(const PointArrayType& pts, DenseIndex degree, const KnotVectorType& knot_parameters)
+  {
+    typedef typename SplineType::KnotVectorType::Scalar Scalar;      
+    typedef typename SplineType::ControlPointVectorType ControlPointVectorType;      
+
+    typedef Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic> MatrixType;
+
+    KnotVectorType knots;
+    KnotAveraging(knot_parameters, degree, knots);
+
+    DenseIndex n = pts.cols();
+    MatrixType A = MatrixType::Zero(n,n);
+    for (DenseIndex i=1; i<n-1; ++i)
+    {
+      const DenseIndex span = SplineType::Span(knot_parameters[i], degree, knots);
+
+      // The segment call should somehow be told the spline order at compile time.
+      A.row(i).segment(span-degree, degree+1) = SplineType::BasisFunctions(knot_parameters[i], degree, knots);
+    }
+    A(0,0) = 1.0;
+    A(n-1,n-1) = 1.0;
+
+    HouseholderQR<MatrixType> qr(A);
+
+    // Here, we are creating a temporary due to an Eigen issue.
+    ControlPointVectorType ctrls = qr.solve(MatrixType(pts.transpose())).transpose();
+
+    return SplineType(knots, ctrls);
+  }
+
+  template <typename SplineType>
+  template <typename PointArrayType>
+  SplineType SplineFitting<SplineType>::Interpolate(const PointArrayType& pts, DenseIndex degree)
+  {
+    KnotVectorType chord_lengths; // knot parameters
+    ChordLengths(pts, chord_lengths);
+    return Interpolate(pts, degree, chord_lengths);
+  }
+}
+
+#endif // EIGEN_SPLINE_FITTING_H
diff --git a/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFwd.h b/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFwd.h
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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 20010-2011 Hauke Heibel <hauke.heibel@gmail.com>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_SPLINES_FWD_H
+#define EIGEN_SPLINES_FWD_H
+
+#include <Eigen/Core>
+
+namespace Eigen
+{
+    template <typename Scalar, int Dim, int Degree = Dynamic> class Spline;
+
+    template < typename SplineType, int DerivativeOrder = Dynamic > struct SplineTraits {};
+
+    /**
+     * \ingroup Splines_Module
+     * \brief Compile-time attributes of the Spline class for Dynamic degree.
+     **/
+    template <typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree>
+    struct SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>, Dynamic >
+    {
+      typedef _Scalar Scalar; /*!< The spline curve's scalar type. */
+      enum { Dimension = _Dim /*!< The spline curve's dimension. */ };
+      enum { Degree = _Degree /*!< The spline curve's degree. */ };
+
+      enum { OrderAtCompileTime = _Degree==Dynamic ? Dynamic : _Degree+1 /*!< The spline curve's order at compile-time. */ };
+      enum { NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime = OrderAtCompileTime /*!< The number of derivatives defined for the current spline. */ };
+
+      /** \brief The data type used to store non-zero basis functions. */
+      typedef Array<Scalar,1,OrderAtCompileTime> BasisVectorType;
+
+      /** \brief The data type used to store the values of the basis function derivatives. */
+      typedef Array<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic,RowMajor,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime,OrderAtCompileTime> BasisDerivativeType;
+      
+      /** \brief The data type used to store the spline's derivative values. */
+      typedef Array<Scalar,Dimension,Dynamic,ColMajor,Dimension,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime> DerivativeType;
+
+      /** \brief The point type the spline is representing. */
+      typedef Array<Scalar,Dimension,1> PointType;
+      
+      /** \brief The data type used to store knot vectors. */
+      typedef Array<Scalar,1,Dynamic> KnotVectorType;
+      
+      /** \brief The data type representing the spline's control points. */
+      typedef Array<Scalar,Dimension,Dynamic> ControlPointVectorType;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * \ingroup Splines_Module
+     * \brief Compile-time attributes of the Spline class for fixed degree.
+     *
+     * The traits class inherits all attributes from the SplineTraits of Dynamic degree.
+     **/
+    template < typename _Scalar, int _Dim, int _Degree, int _DerivativeOrder >
+    struct SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree>, _DerivativeOrder > : public SplineTraits< Spline<_Scalar, _Dim, _Degree> >
+    {
+      enum { OrderAtCompileTime = _Degree==Dynamic ? Dynamic : _Degree+1 /*!< The spline curve's order at compile-time. */ };
+      enum { NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime = _DerivativeOrder==Dynamic ? Dynamic : _DerivativeOrder+1 /*!< The number of derivatives defined for the current spline. */ };
+
+      /** \brief The data type used to store the values of the basis function derivatives. */
+      typedef Array<_Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic,RowMajor,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime,OrderAtCompileTime> BasisDerivativeType;
+      
+      /** \brief The data type used to store the spline's derivative values. */      
+      typedef Array<_Scalar,_Dim,Dynamic,ColMajor,_Dim,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime> DerivativeType;
+    };
+
+    /** \brief 2D float B-spline with dynamic degree. */
+    typedef Spline<float,2> Spline2f;
+    
+    /** \brief 3D float B-spline with dynamic degree. */
+    typedef Spline<float,3> Spline3f;
+
+    /** \brief 2D double B-spline with dynamic degree. */
+    typedef Spline<double,2> Spline2d;
+    
+    /** \brief 3D double B-spline with dynamic degree. */
+    typedef Spline<double,3> Spline3d;
+}
+
+#endif // EIGEN_SPLINES_FWD_H