Continued fractions and Szegö polynomials in frequency analysis and related topics (Q1591305)

This survey paper gives a thorough and well written introduction to the field of frequency analysis by means of PPC-fractions or Szegő polynomials. The most natural process, the \(N\)-process, is studied in detail. The idea of this process is that the zeroes of the Szegő polynomials involved should converge to the frequency points. However, what normally happens is that the Szegő polynomials have some extra zeroes which have to be eliminated. The authors prove that for each polynomial, these extra zeroes are bounded away from the unit circle where all the frequency points are located. This result is of course most useful for the application of this process. A second problem with the \(N\)-process is that only subsequences of the Szegő polynomials may converge. The \(R\)-process, the \(R(N)\)-process and the \(T\)-process are modifications of the \(N\)-process, developed to counteract this problem. Also these processes and their properties are described in detail. The paper contains an extensive and useful list of references.