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Let $C_k(u)$ be the order-$k$ Cardinal B-spline supported on $[0,k]$. The Cox-de Boor recurrence on unit-spaced knots readsStart with $C_1=1_{[0,1)}$. The order-two hat satisfies $C_2(1)=1$ and vanishes at its support endpoints. Substituting these values into the recurrence gives $C_3(1)=C_3(2)=1/2$ and thenThe continuous cubic spline is zero at $0,4$ and outside its support. Since $N_j(t)=C_4(t-j)$ and $x_i=i+2$, this yields the midpoint cubic spline collocation valuesOnly indices $1\le j\le n$ are retained. In particular no nonexistent spline is added to an endpoint row.