Padé Approximants

numerator degree

denominator degree

function

Sinc[x]

Cos[x]

-

2

x



BesselY[0,x]

An order

[n/m]

Padé approximant to a function is a ratio of two polynomials of degrees

n

and

m

that approximates the function.

External Links

Padé Approximant (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Oleksandr Pavlyk

"Padé Approximants"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PadeApproximants/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: September 28, 2007