Constructing accurate linear approximations to a class of exponential interpolation problems (Q4374271)

We investigate problems of the following form: Let \(n\) be a fixed integer, \(\tau_1,\dots,\tau_n\) fixed numbers. Determine \[ g_0= G(x_1,\dots, x_q,\lambda_1,\dots, \lambda_q),\tag{1} \] when the integer \(q\) and the reals \(x_1,\dots, x_q\), \(\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_q\) satisfy the relations \[ \sum^q_{i=1} x_ie^{-\tau_r\lambda_i}= b_r,\quad r=1,\dots, n.\tag{2} \] \(G\) is here a given, generally nonlinear function of the indicated arguments. We show that several standard numerical algorithms for extrapolation and convergence acceleration give solutions to problems of the form (1), (2).