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On the Froissart phenomenon in multivariate homogeneous Padé approximation

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In univariate Padé approximation we learn from the Froissart phenomenon that Padé approximants to perturbed Taylor series exhibit almost cancelling pole–zero combinations that are unwanted. The location of these pole–zero doublets was recently characterized for rational functions by the so‐called Froissart polynomial. In this paper the occurrence of the Froissart phenomenon is explored for the first time in a multivariate setting. Several obvious questions arise. Which definition of Padé approximant is to be used? Which multivariate rational functions should be investigated? When considering univariate projections of these functions, our analysis confirms the univariate results obtained so far in [13], under the condition that the noise is added after projection. At the same time, it is apparent from section 4 that for the unprojected multivariate Froissart polynomial no conjecture can be formulated yet.

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Becuwe, S., Cuyt, A. On the Froissart phenomenon in multivariate homogeneous Padé approximation. Advances in Computational Mathematics 11, 21–40 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018911623074

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