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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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Approximations with rational polynomials


Authors: Ladis D. Kovach and Ronald V. Larson
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 25 (1968), 463-467
MSC: Primary 65.20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/226819
MathSciNet review: 226819
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Abstract: One of the cornerstones of mathematical analysis is the use of Maclaurin’s series for the representation of transcendental functions. The advent of the electronic computer, however, has caused attention to be focussed on truncated, series. A number of techniques have been developed with the object of finding the “best” approximation to a transcendental function. The present paper describes a new technique by means of which such functions can be represented with a minimum number of terms.


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