Invertibility, kernel description, and inversion of some Cauchy-type m
atrices (''paired Cauchy matrices'') are reduced to a rational interpo
lation problem. The result is applied to some problems appearing in co
nnection with the solution of nonlinear integrable equations. Furtherm
ore, connections between paired Cauchy matrices and paired Vandermonde
and Loewner matrices are presented. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 1997