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diff --git a/src/GeneralizedPolynomial-Uniform/interpolate.maple b/src/GeneralizedPolynomial-Uniform/interpolate.maple
index 6cd24c5..90feede 100644
--- a/src/GeneralizedPolynomial-Uniform/interpolate.maple
+++ b/src/GeneralizedPolynomial-Uniform/interpolate.maple
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# interpolate.maple -- compute generalized interpolation formulas/coefficients
+# interpolate.maple -- compute interpolation formulas/coefficients
# $Id$
#
# <<<representation of numbers, data values, etc>>>
-# polynomial_interpolant - compute polynomial interpolant
+# Lagrange polynomial_interpolant - compute Lagrange polynomial interpolant
# coeff_as_lc_of_data - coefficients of ... (linear combination of data)
#
# print_coeff__lc_of_data - print C code to compute coefficients
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
################################################################################
#
-# This function computes a polynomial interpolant in any number of dimensions.
+# This function computes a Lagrange polynomial interpolant in any
+# number of dimensions.
#
# Arguments:
# fn = The interpolation function. This should be a procedure in the
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
# This function returns the interpolating polynomial, in the form of
# an algebraic expression in the coordinates and the data values.
#
-polynomial_interpolant :=
+Lagrange_polynomial_interpolant :=
proc(
fn::procedure, coeff_list::list(name),
coord_list::list(name), posn_list::list(list(numeric))