Re: Pade Approximation (further generalizations?---feature request)
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- Subject: [mg109171] Re: Pade Approximation (further generalizations?---feature request)
- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:14:08 -0400 (EDT)
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Another addition to the Pade Approximant function that would be very useful would be the generalized Pade Approximant: these are Pade Approximants that are based on more than one expansion point. I coded this up many years ago for some work in Radar propagation analysis (never published but I really should have...): http://scientificarts.com/radar/radar/PadeMethod/index.html more stuff on Radar is here... which I really should do something commercial with sometime.... http://scientificarts.com/radar/radar/index.html --David http://scientificarts.com/worklife On Apr 14, 5:16 am, telefunkenvf14 <rgo... at gmail.com> wrote: > I've been playing around with PadeApproximant[] in Mathematica and have b= een > really impressed at the accuracy of the approach. > > According to Wikipedia: > > A Pad=E9 approximant approximates a function in one variable. An > approximant in two variables is called a Chisholm approximant, in > multiple variables a Canterbury approximant (after Graves-Morris at > the University of Kent). > > Does anyone know if v8 will include Chisholm and Canterbury > approximation? > > -RG