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Minimum curvature will generate a smooth surface for the data and is a fast gridding algorithm. The surface generated by this algorithm is similar to that of a thin, linearly elastic plate that passes through each data point with a minimum amount of bending. This algorithm will produce the smoothest possible surface while trying to fit the data as closely as possible. It is not an exact interpolator and will not always honor the data exactly.