A remark on Chebyshev rational functions, multipoint Padé approximants and Noise

Abstract

Motivated by the recent interest in multipoint Padé approximants in the physics community, we discuss Chebyshev rational functions and show how they give rise to multipoint Padé approximants in exactly the same way that Chebyshev polynomials produce Padé approximants. We present recurrence relations for Chebyshev rational functions, as well as the underlying continued fraction of Thiele type (also known as $R_{II}$ type). Finally, we provide numerical evidence illustrating the effects of noise on this interpolation scheme and show that a phenomenon similar to that recently observed by Costin, Dunne, and Meynig for Padé approximants also occurs in the multipoint setting.