AN ITERATIVE ALGORITHM FOR LEAST-SQUARES RATIONAL POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION,

Abstract

Two empirical methods of approximating nonlinear functions with rational polynomials have already been successfully demonstrated by the author and L. D. Kovach. It was shown that these approximations produce considerably less error than those of polynomials with exponents restricted to integers. In an extension of this work, an iterative algorithm is presented that allows rational polynomial approximations to be computed analytically. Numerical examples are included. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1969
Accession Number
AD0697782

Entities

People

  • Ronald V. Larson

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Polynomials

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.