• DocumentCode
    796051
  • Title

    On fitting a rational function to a polynomial

  • Author

    Jones, Nathan

  • Author_Institution
    University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1967
  • fDate
    12/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    795
  • Lastpage
    796
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1967.1098762
  • Filename
    1098762