Resumen: An iterated function system that defines a fractal interpolation function, where ordinate scaling is replaced by a nonlinear contraction, is investigated here. In such a manner, fractal interpolation functions associated with Matkowski contractions for finite as well as infinite (countable) sets of data are obtained. Furthermore, we construct an extension of the concept of α-fractal interpolation functions, herein called R-fractal interpolation functions, related to a finite as well as to a countable iterated function system and provide approximation properties of the R-fractal functions. Moreover, we obtain smooth R-fractal interpolation functions and provide results that ensure the existence of differentiable R-fractal interpolation functions both for the finite and the infinite (countable) cases. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.3390/fractalfract6100602 Año: 2022 Publicado en: Fractal and fractional 6, 10 (2022), 602 [15 pp] ISSN: 2504-3110 Factor impacto JCR: 5.4 (2022) Categ. JCR: MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS rank: 9 / 107 = 0.084 (2022) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.6 - Mathematics (Q1) - Physics and Astronomy (Q2)