Title : 
On fitting a rational function to a polynomial
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
12/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this correspondence a method of approximating a polynomial by a rational function is presented. The method is summarized by a matrix equation and an error function is obtained explicitly. An example is given and some applications in control theory are indicated.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Polynomial approximation; Chebyshev approximation; Control systems; Control theory; Differential equations; Least squares approximation; Linear systems; Optimal control; Polynomials; Process control; Taylor series;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAC.1967.1098762