Book Review: Rational approximation of real functions

Approximation by Rational Functions

Approximation by Rational Functions

Making use of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function, we give a new proof of the following theorem of Pekarski: If f' is in L log L on a finite interval, then f can be approximated in the uniform norm by rational functions of degree n to an error 0(1/n) on that interval. It is well known that approximation by rational functions of degree n can produce a dramatically smaller error than that for p...

Approximation by Rational Functions in

The denseness of rational functions with prescribed poles in the Hardy space and disk algebra is considered. Notations. C complex plane D unit disk fz : jzj < 1g Tunit circle fz : jzj = 1g H p Hardy space of analytic functions on D kfk 1 := supfjf(z)j : z 2 D g, the H 1 norm A(D) disk algebra of functions analytic on D and continuous on D P n set of polynomials of degree at most n

The best uniform polynomial approximation of two classes of rational functions

In this paper we obtain the explicit form of the best uniform polynomial approximations out of Pn of two classes of rational functions using properties of Chebyshev polynomials. In this way we present some new theorems and lemmas. Some examples will be given to support the results.

On Rational Approximation of Algebraic Functions

We construct a new scheme of approximation of any multivalued algebraic function f(z) by a sequence {rn(z)}n∈N of rational functions. The latter sequence is generated by a recurrence relation which is completely determined by the algebraic equation satisfied by f(z). Compared to the usual Padé approximation our scheme has a number of advantages, such as simple computational procedures that allo...