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Padé table

In complex analysis, a Padé table is an array, possibly of infinite extent, of the rational Padé approximants :R m, n to a given complex formal power series. Certain sequences of approximants lying within a Padé table can often be shown to correspond with successive convergents of a continued fraction representation of a holomorphic or meromorphic function.

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In complex analysis, a Padé table is an array, possibly of infinite extent, of the rational Padé approximants :R m, n to a given complex formal power series. Certain sequences of approximants lying within a Padé table can often be shown to correspond with successive convergents of a continued fraction representation of a holomorphic or meromorphic function.

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  1. publication date: 1955 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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