How different is rational approximation from piecewise polynomial approximation?

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2608.11120MaRDI QIDQ7284760zbMATH OpenarXivFDO

Authors Daan Huybrechs

Publication date 11 August 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr We compare and contrast rational and piecewise polynomial approximations for functions with point singularities. For one variable, they have similar convergence rates but rational approximation has smaller constants; we illustrate this using modern numerical methods and generalize to higher dimensions.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.11120

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spline approximation (41A15) Approximation by rational functions (41A20) Algorithms for approximation of functions (65D15)

arXiv classification

math.NA

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