Op. Bruno et F. Reitich, APPROXIMATION OF ANALYTIC-FUNCTIONS - A METHOD OF ENHANCED CONVERGENCE, Mathematics of computation, 63(207), 1994, pp. 195-213
We deal with a method of enhanced convergence for the approximation of
analytic functions. This method introduces conformal transformations
in the approximation problems, in order to help extract the values of
a given analytic function from its Taylor expansion around a point. An
instance of this method, based on the Euler transform, has long been
known; recently we introduced more general versions of it in connectio
n with certain problems in wave scattering. In sectional sign 2 we pre
sent a general discussion of this approach. As is known in the case of
the Euler transform, conformal transformations can enlarge the region
of convergence of power series and can enhance substantially the conv
ergence rates inside the circles of convergence. We show that conforma
l maps can also produce a rather dramatic improvement in the condition
ing of Pade approximation. This improvement, which we discuss theoreti
cally for Stieltjes-type functions, is most notorious in cases of very
poorly conditioned Pade problems. In many instances, an application o
f enhanced convergence in conjunction with Pade approximation leads to
results which are many orders of magnitude more accurate than those o
btained by either classical Pade approximants or the summation of a tr
uncated enhanced series.