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Spline interpolation matches prescribed function values at distinct sites by an element of a finite-dimensional spline space. In a B-spline basis its existence and uniqueness for all data are equivalent to invertibility of the B-spline collocation matrix. Distinct ordered sites satisfying the Schoenberg–Whitney theorem give this condition.

For a fixed spline space and admissible interpolation sites, this linear operator sends a continuous function to its unique interpolating spline. Here $Rf$ is the vector of sampled values and $A$ is the B-spline collocation matrix. It reproduces every spline in its range. Its sensitivity to perturbing the data is quantified by the B-spline interpolation operator norm.