Two-point Padé expansions for a family of analytic functions

AbstractEach member G(z) of a family of analytic functions defined by Stieltjes transforms is shown to be represented by a positive T-fraction, the approximants of which form the main diagonal in the two-point Padé table of G(z). The positive T-fraction is shown to converge to G(z) throughout a domain D(a, b) = [z: z∋[−b, −a]], uniformly on compact subsets. In addition, truncation error bounds are given for the approximants of the continued function; these bounds supplement previously known bounds and apply in part of the domain of G(z) not covered by other bounds. The proofs of our results employ properties of orthogonal L-polynomials (Laurent polynomials) and L-Gaussian quadrature which are of some interest in themselves. A number of examples are considered