Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Applied Mathematics Volume 2013, Article ID 642818, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/642818 Research Article A New Algorithm to Approximate Bivariate Matrix Function via Newton-Thiele Type Formula Rongrong Cui1,2 and Chuanqing Gu1 1 2 Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China School of Mathematical Science, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224000, China Correspondence should be addressed to Chuanqing Gu; cqgu@staff.shu.edu.cn Received 22 October 2012; Revised 6 December 2012; Accepted 10 December 2012 Academic Editor: Juan Manuel PenΜa Copyright © 2013 R. Cui and C. Gu. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A new method for computing the approximation of bivariate matrix function is introduced. It uses the construction of bivariate Newton-Thiele type matrix rational interpolants on a rectangular grid. The rational interpolant is of the form motivated by Tan and Fang (2000), which is combined by Newton interpolant and branched continued fractions, with scalar denominator. The matrix quotients are based on the generalized inverse for a matrix which is introduced by C. Gu the author of this paper, and it is effective in continued fraction interpolation. The algorithm and some other important conclusions such as divisibility and characterization are given. In the end, two examples are also given to show the effectiveness of the algorithm. The numerical results of the second example show that the algorithm of this paper is better than the method of Thieletype matrix-valued rational interpolant in Gu (1997). 1. Introduction Matrix-valued rational interpolation and approximation theory have further practical application in many fields, such as in automatic control theory, computer science, and elementary particle physics [1]. Kuchminska et al. proved an analog of the van Vlerk theorem and constructed an interpolation formular of the Newton-Thiele type in [2]. Tan and Fang in [3] put emphasis on the study of Newton-Thiele bivariate rational interpolants. Graves-Morris provided a practical Thiele-fraction method for rational interpolation of vectors, based on the Samelson inverse in [4]. Gu et al. generalized the definition of Samelson inverse to the case of matrices and applied it to deal with the problems of rational interpolation of matrices [5–9]. Bose and Basu gave the existence, nonuniqueness, and recursive computation of the two-dimensional matrix PadeΜ approximants in [10]. In this paper, we introduce a bivariate matrix-valued rational interpolant, with scalar denominator, in NewtonThiele form motivated by [3]. The construction of the interpolant is combined by the classic methods: Newton interpolant and branched continued fractions. As we know, branched continued fraction has been studied by Cuyt and Verdonk and Siemaszko [11, 12] and many other authors. The interpolant of this paper is based on using the generalized inverse of matrices. A new algorithm to approximate bivariate matrix function is given and some examples are also put to show the effectiveness of the algorithm which is much better than the method mentioned in [9]. First, we will give the definition of the so-called generalized inverse of a matrix. Let πΆπ’×π£ consists of all π’ × π£ matrices with their elements in the complex plan πΆ, and let π΄ = (πππ ), π΅ = (πππ ), and π΄, π΅ ∈ πΆπ’×π£ . Definition 1 (see [8]). The scalar product of matrices π΄ and π΅ is defined by π’ π£ π΄ ⋅ π΅ = ∑∑ πππ πππ = tr (π΄π΅∗ ) , π=1 π=1 (1) where π΅∗ denotes the transpose of π΅ and the Euclidean norm of π΄ is given by π’ π£ 1/2 σ΅¨ σ΅¨2 βπ΄β = (∑∑ σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨πππ σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨ ) π=1 π=1 . (2) 2 Journal of Applied Mathematics ππ,1 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π , π¦π ) It follows from Definition 1 and (2) that = (π¦π − π¦π ) × (ππ,0 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π ) π’ π£ ∗ σ΅¨ σ΅¨2 π΄ ⋅ π΄ = ∑ ∑σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨πππ σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨σ΅¨ = βπ΄β2 = tr (π΄π΄ ) , (3) π=1 π=1 ∗ where π΄ denotes the complex conjugate matrix of π΄ and π΄ denotes the complex conjugate transpose matrix of π΄. On the basis of (2) and (3), the generalized inverse of the matrix π΄ is defined as π΄−1 π π΄ 1 = = , π΄ βπ΄β2 −1 −ππ,0 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π )) , ππ,π (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π , . . . , π¦π , π¦π , π¦π ) = (π¦π − π¦π ) × (ππ,π−1 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π , . . . , π¦π , π¦π ) −1 π’×π£ π΄ =ΜΈ 0, π΄ ∈ πΆ , −ππ,π−1 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π , . . . , π¦π , π¦π )) , (4) 2 in particular, for π΄ ∈ π π’×π£ , π΄−1 π = 1/π΄ = π΄/βπ΄β , π΄ =ΜΈ 0. By means of generalized inverse π΄−1 π for matrices, we want to define bivariate Newton-Thiele rational interpolants and give the algorithm and some properties on a rectangular grid. 2. Newton-Thiele Interpolation Formula Let Λ π,π = {(π₯π , π¦π ) : π = 0, 1, . . . , π, π = 0, 1, . . . , π, (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ R2 }. A matrix-valued set Ππ,π = {ππ,π : ππ,π = π (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ πΆπ’×π£ , (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π } . (5) (8) where the first subscript π of π means the number of nodes π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π minus 1, and the second subscript π of π means the number of nodes π¦π , . . . , π¦π , π¦π , π¦π minus 1. For simplicity, we let the nodes π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π be replaced by π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , and the nodes π¦π , . . . , π¦π , π¦π , π¦π be replaced by π¦0 , . . . , π¦π , then we can get the following definition. Definition 2. By means of generalized inverse (4), we define bivariate Newton-Thiele type matrix blending differences as follows: π0,0 (π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ,π , π1,0 (π₯0 , π₯1 , π¦π ) = We need to find a bivariate matrix rational function ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦π ) π (π₯, π¦) π π,π (π₯, π¦) = , π· (π₯, π¦) (6) π1,0 (π₯π , π₯π , π¦π ) = (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π . ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) π0,0 (π₯π , π¦π ) − π0,0 (π₯π , π¦π ) (7) (π¦1 − π¦0 ) , ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦1 ) − ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) π0,π (π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) = (π¦π − π¦π−1 ) × ( π0,π−1 (π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) ∀ (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π , π₯π − π₯π −ππ−1,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−2 , π₯π−1 , π¦π )) × (π₯π − π₯π−1 ) , = First, some notations need to be given as follows: π0,0 (π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ,π , = (ππ−1,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−2 , π₯π , π¦π ) −1 whose numerator π(π₯, π¦) is a complex or real polynomial matrix and denominator π·(π₯, π¦) is a real polynomial, and π (π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ,π , π π,π (π₯π , π¦π ) = π· (π₯π , π¦π ) π0,0 (π₯1 , π¦π ) − π0,0 (π₯0 , π¦π ) , π₯1 − π₯0 −1 −π0,π−1 (π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π−1 )) , , ππ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) = (π¦π − π¦π−1 ) ππ,0 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π ) × (ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) = (ππ−1,0 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π ) −1 −1 − ππ−1,0 (π₯π , . . . , π₯π , π₯π , π¦π )) × (π₯π − π₯π ) , −ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π−1 )) . (9) Journal of Applied Mathematics 3 We assume that for all π, π₯π =ΜΈ π₯π−1 and ππ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) = (π₯π − π₯π−1 ) ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) =ΜΈ ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π−1 ) , ∀π, π. (10) × (ππ−1,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−2 , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) −1 From (9) matrix-valued Newton-Thiele type continued fractions for two-variable function can be constructed as follows: π π,π (π₯, π¦) −ππ−1,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−1 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π )) . (13) From (13) we can get the antithetical formula for twovariable function Μ π,π (π₯, π¦) = π0 (π₯) + π1 (π₯) (π¦ − π¦0 ) π = π0 (π¦) + π1 (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + ππ (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) (11) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + ππ (π₯) (π¦ − π¦0 ) (π¦ − π¦1 ) × (π₯ − π₯1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π−1 ) , (14) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π¦ − π¦π−1 ) , where for π = 0, 1, . . . , π π¦ − π¦0 ππ (π¦) = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) + ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) π¦ − π¦π−1 | + ⋅⋅⋅ + . | ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) where for π = 0, 1, . . . , π ππ (π₯) = π0,π (π₯0 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) (12) Remark 3. Because of the construction, π·(π₯, π¦) in π π,π (π₯, π¦) mentioned as (6) is actually π·(π¦) and each ππ (π¦) depends on π. We can also construct the antithetical form of bivariate matrix continued fraction in light of Definition 4. + + ⋅⋅⋅ + (π0,0 (π₯π , π¦1 ) − π0,0 (π₯π , π¦0 )) π0,1 (π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) = (π¦1 − π¦0 ) (15) π₯ − π₯π−1 | . | ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) Now we will give two theorems about π π,π (π₯, π¦) as in (11) Μ π,π (π₯, π¦) as in (14) and (15). First of all, some and (12) and π notations need to be defined. In (12), for π = 0, 1, . . . , π, let ππ(π ) (π¦) = ππ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) Definition 4. By means of generalized inverse (4), we define bivariate antithetical Newton-Thiele type matrix blending differences π0,0 (π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ,π , π₯ − π₯0 π1,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) + π¦ − π¦π ππ(π +1) (π¦) , π = 0, 1, . . . , π − 1, (16) where ππ(π) (π¦) = ππ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) , ππ(0) (π¦) = ππ (π¦) . π0,π (π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) (17) Similarly, in (15), for π = 0, 1, . . . , π, let = (π0,π−1 (π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) ππ(π ) (π₯) = ππ ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) −π0,π−1 (π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π−1 )) −1 × (π¦π − π¦π−1 ) , + π1,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) (π₯1 − π₯0 ) = , π0,π (π₯1 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) − π0,π (π₯0 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) π₯ − π₯π ππ(π +1) (π₯) , π = 0, 1, . . . , π − 1, where ππ(π) (π₯) = ππ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) , ππ(0) (π₯) = ππ (π₯) . ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦π ) = (π₯π − π₯π−1 ) (18) (19) Theorem 5. Let × (ππ−1,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−2 , π₯π , π¦π ) −1 −ππ−1,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−1 , π¦π )) , (i) ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ), π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 0, 1, . . . , π exist and be nonzero (except for ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 )), 4 Journal of Applied Mathematics (ii) ππ(π ) (π¦) = ππ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) + ((π¦ − π¦π )/ππ(π +1) (π¦)) satisfy ππ(π +1) (π¦π ) =ΜΈ 0, π = 0, 1, . . . , π − 1, then π π,π (π₯, π¦) as in (11) and (12) exists such that π π,π (π₯π , π¦π ) = πππ , (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ m,π . if the conditions hold, thus for π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 0, 1, . . . , π ππ (π¦π ) = ππ(0) (π¦π ) = ππ,0 + Proof. For simpleness, let + ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) = ππ,π (20) π¦π − π¦0 π¦ − π¦π−1 | + ⋅⋅⋅ + π ππ,1 | ππ,π (21) π¦π − π¦π | | ππ(π+1) (π¦π ) (π¦π −π¦π )/ππ(π+1) (π¦π ) = 0, since ππ(π+1) (π¦π ) =ΜΈ 0, then we get ππ (π¦π ) = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) + + π¦π − π¦π−1 | | ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) + + + π¦π − π¦0 π¦π − π¦π−2 | + ⋅⋅⋅ + ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) | ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 ) π¦π − π¦0 + ⋅⋅⋅ ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) π¦π − π¦π−2 | | ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 ) (22) π¦π − π¦π−1 | −1 | (π¦π − π¦π−1 ) × (ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) − ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 )) = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) + π¦π − π¦0 π¦π − π¦π−2 | + ⋅⋅⋅ + ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) | ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) = ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) + π¦π − π¦0 ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦π ) = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦π ) . We can use (9), (11), and (22) to find that Now we give the Newton-Thiele Matrix Interpolation Algorithm (NTMIA). π π,π (π₯π , π¦π ) = π0 (π¦π ) + π1 (π¦π ) (π₯π − π₯0 ) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + ππ (π¦π ) (π₯π − π₯0 ) (π₯π − π₯1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯π − π₯π−1 ) (23) = π (π₯π , π¦π ) . We can similarly prove the following result. Theorem 6. Let (i) ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ), π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 0, 1, . . . , π exist and be nonzero (except for π0,π (π₯0 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π )), (ii) ππ(π ) (π₯) = ππ ,π (π₯0 , π₯1 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) + ((π₯ − π₯π )/ππ(π +1) (π₯)) satisfy ππ(π +1) (π₯π ) =ΜΈ 0, π = 0, 1, . . . , π−1, Μ π,π (π₯, π¦) as in (14) and (15) exists such that then π Μ π π,π (π₯π , π¦π ) = πππ , (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π . Algorithm 7 (NTMIA). Input: {(π₯π , π¦π ), ππ,π } (π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 0, 1, . . . , π) Μ π (π₯, π¦). Output: π Step 1. For all (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π , let π(π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ,π . Step 2. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 1, 2, . . . , π; π = π, π + 1, . . . , π, compute ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−1 , π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ−1,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−2 , π₯π , π¦π )−ππ−1,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π−1 , π¦π ) π₯π −π₯π−1 . (24) Journal of Applied Mathematics 5 Step 3. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 1, 2, . . . , π; π = π, π + 1, . . . , π, compute ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 , π¦π ) = (π¦π − π¦π−1 ) × (ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) −1 −ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 )) = ((π¦π − π¦π−1 ) (ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) −ππ,π−1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 )) ) σ΅© × (σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−2 , π¦π ) σ΅©2 −π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π−1 )σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© ) . −1 Definition 9. π (π₯, π¦) = π(π₯, π¦)/π·(π₯, π¦) is defined to be of type [π/π‘] if deg{πππ } ≤ π for 1 ≤ π ≤ π’, 1 ≤ π ≤ π£, deg{πππ } = π for some (π, π) and deg{π·} = π‘, where π(π₯, π¦) = (πππ (π₯, π¦)) ∈ πΆπ’×π£ . Lemma 10 (see [5]). Let π0 (π¦) be defined as in Lemma 8, and π0 (π¦) = πΈ0 (π¦)/πΉ0 (π¦); if π is even, π0 (π¦) is of type [π/π]; if π is odd, π0 (π¦) is of type [π/π − 1]. Theorem 11. Let ππ,π ∈ πΆπ’×π£ , (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π , and π₯, π¦ ∈ π . Define ππ (π¦) ππ π ππ (π₯, π¦) as in (7) by a tail-to-head rationalization using generalized inverse and suppose every intermediate denominator be nonzero in the operation, then a square polynomial matrix π(π₯, π¦) and a real polynomial π·(π₯, π¦) exist such that (i) π π,π (π₯, π¦) = π(π₯, π¦)/π·(π₯, π¦), (25) Step 4. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 0, 1, . . . , π, compute ππ,π = ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ). Step 5. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = 1, . . . , π judge if ππ,π =ΜΈ 0; if yes go to Step 6, otherwise exist and show “the algorithm is not valid.” (ii) π·(π₯, π¦) ≥ 0, (iii) π·(π₯, π¦) | βπ(π₯, π¦)β2 . Proof. Consider the following algorithm for the construction of π(π₯, π¦), π·(π₯, π¦), and π ππ (π₯, π¦). Initialization: let π·0 (π₯, π¦) = 1, and Step 6. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = π − 2, π − 3, . . . , 0 ππ,π = 1, ππ,π = ππ,π , σ΅© σ΅©2 ππ,π−1 = σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©ππ,π σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© , ππ,π−1 = ππ,π−1 ππ,π−1 + (π¦ − π¦π−1 ) ππ,π , ∗ σ΅©2 σ΅© ππ,π = σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©ππ,π+1 σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© ππ,π+1 + 2 (π¦ − π¦π+1 ) tr (ππ,π+1 ππ,π+2 ) (26) 2 + (π¦ − π¦π+1 ) ππ,π+2 , ππ,π = ππ,π ππ,π + (π¦ − π¦π ) ππ,π+1 . Step 7. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π; π = π, π − 1, . . . , 1, let π΅π,π (π¦) = ππ,π (π¦)/ππ,π (π¦); if π΅π,π (π¦π−1 ) =ΜΈ 0 then go to Step 8, otherwise exist and show “the algorithm is not valid.” Step 8. For π = 0, 1, . . . , π, let π΅Μπ (π¦) = π΅π,0 (π¦) = ππ,0 (π¦)/ ππ,0 (π¦). Μ 0 (π₯, π¦) = π΅Μ0 (π¦), then compute Step 9. For π = 1, . . . , π let π Μ π (π₯, π¦) = π Μ π−1 (π₯, π¦) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π−1 )π΅Μπ (π¦). π 3. Some Properties Lemma 8 (see [5]). Define π0 (π¦) = π0,0 (π₯0 , π¦0 ) + (π¦ − π¦0 )/π0,1 (π₯0 , π¦0 , π¦1 ) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + (π¦ − π¦π−1 )/π0,π (π₯0 , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ); if we use generalized inverse by a tail-to-head rationalization, then a polynomial matrix πΈ0 (π¦) and a real polynomial πΉ0 (π¦) exist such that (i) π0 (π¦) = πΈ0 (π¦)/πΉ0 (π¦), πΉ0 (π¦) ≥ 0, (ii) πΉ0 (π¦) | βπΈ0 (π¦)β2 ,“|” means the sign of divisibility. π0 (π₯, π¦) = π0 (π¦) = π0,0 + π¦ − π¦0 π¦ − π¦π−1 | + ⋅⋅⋅ + . (27) π0,1 | π0,π By Lemma 8, a polynomial matrix πΈ0 (π¦) and a real polynomial πΉ0 (π¦) exist such that (a1) π0 (π₯, π¦) = πΈ0 (π¦)/πΉ0 (π¦), (a2) πΉ0 (π¦) ≥ 0, (a3) πΉ0 (π¦) | βπΈ0 (π¦)β2 . Recursion: for π = 1, 2, . . . , π let π(π) (π₯, π¦) = π(π−1) (π₯, π¦) + ππ (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π−1 ) (28) with ππ (π¦) = πΈπ (π¦)/πΉπ (π¦), πΉπ (π¦) | βπΈπ (π¦)β2 having the representation (b1) π(π) (π₯, π¦) = ππ (π₯, π¦)/π·π (π₯, π¦), (b2) π·π (π₯, π¦) ≥ 0, (b3) π·π (π₯, π¦) | βππ (π₯, π¦)β2 , where π·π (π₯, π¦) is a real polynomial. 6 Journal of Applied Mathematics (i) if n is even, π is of type [ππ + π + π/ππ + π]; (ii) if n is odd, π is of type [ππ + π/ππ + π − π − 1]. Then we can get π(π+1) (π₯, π¦) = π(π) (π₯, π¦) + ππ+1 (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) = ππ (π₯, π¦) π·π (π₯, π¦) + πΈπ+1 (π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) = (ππ (π₯, π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦) + π·π (π₯, π¦) πΈπ+1 (π¦) Proof. The proof is recursive. Let π be even. For π = 0, π 0,π (π₯, π¦) = π0 (π¦) = πΈ0 /πΉ0 , by Lemma 10, we find that it is of type [π/π]. For π = 1, because deg{πΈ0 } = deg{πΉ0 } = π, deg{πΈ1 } = deg{πΉ1 } = π π 1,π (π₯, π¦) = × (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π )) × (π·π (π₯, π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦)) = ππ+1 (π₯, π¦) π·π+1 (π₯, π¦) −1 , (29) where ππ+1 (π₯, π¦) = ππ (π₯, π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦) + π·π (π₯, π¦) πΈπ+1 (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) , (30) π·π+1 (π₯, π¦) = π·π (π₯, π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦) . = πΈ0 πΈ1 + (π₯ − π₯0 ) πΉ0 πΉ1 = πΈ0 πΉ1 + πΈ1 πΉ0 (π₯ − π₯0 ) πΉ0 πΉ1 σ΅©σ΅© σ΅©2 σ΅© σ΅©2 2 σ΅©σ΅©ππ+1 σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© = σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©ππ (π₯, π¦)σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© πΉ(π+1) (π¦) + π·π2 (π₯, π¦) σ΅© σ΅© σ΅© σ΅© 2 σ΅© σ΅©2 2 × σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©πΈ(π+1) (π¦)σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) is of type [2π + 1/2π]. For π = 2, from the formula above we know that deg{π1 } = 2π + 1, deg{π·1 } = 2π, deg{πΈ2 } = π, and deg{πΉ2 } = π. one has π π πΈ π 2,π (π₯, π¦) = 2 = 1 + 2 (π₯ − π₯0 ) (π₯ − π₯1 ) π·2 π·1 πΉ2 (35) π1 πΉ2 + πΈ2 π·1 (π₯ − π₯0 ) (π₯ − π₯1 ) = . π·1 πΉ2 (31) = ππ πΉπ+1 + πΈπ+1 π·π (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) (36) π·π πΉπ = ππ+1 , π·π+1 × (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) + ππ (π₯, π¦) ⋅ πΈπ+1 (π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦) π·π (π₯, π¦) where × (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) deg {ππ+1 } = (π + 1) (π + 1) + π since σ΅© σ΅©2 π·π (π₯, π¦) | σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©ππ (π₯, π¦)σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© , σ΅© σ΅©2 πΉπ+1 (π¦) | σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©πΈπ+1 (π¦)σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© , σ΅© σ΅©2 π·π+1 (π₯, π¦) | σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©ππ+1 (π₯, π¦)σ΅©σ΅©σ΅©σ΅© . (34) It is easy to find that π 2,π (π₯, π¦) is of type [3π + 2/3π]. For π = π, let π π,π (π₯, π¦) = ππ /π·π be of type [(π + 1)π + π/(π + 1)π]. For π = π + 1, we consider that πΈ π π π+1,π (π₯, π¦) = π + π+1 (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) π·π πΉπ+1 Obviously, + ππ (π₯, π¦) ⋅ πΈπ+1 (π¦) πΉπ+1 (π¦) π·π (π₯, π¦) π1 = π0 (π¦) + π1 (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) π·1 = (π + 2) π + (π + 1) , (32) Termination: π(π) (π₯, π¦) = π π,π (π₯, π¦). Theorem 12 (Characterization). Let π ππ (π₯, π¦) = π(π₯, π¦)/ π·(π₯, π¦) be expressed as π = π π,π (π₯, π¦) = π0 (π¦) + π1 (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + ππ (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π−1 ) , (33) where ππ (π¦) = πΈπ /πΉπ , as in (12) we assume πΉπ , πΉπ have no common factor, π, π = 0, 1, . . . , π, π =ΜΈ π, then (37) deg {π·π+1 } = (π + 1) π + π = (π + 2) π. Therefore, when π is even, π is of type [ππ + π + π/ππ + π]. Similarly, if π is odd, for π = 0, π 0,π (π₯, π¦) = π0 (π¦) = πΈ0 /πΉ0 , by Lemma 10, we find that it is of type [π/π − 1]. For π = 1, because deg{πΈ0 } = deg{πΈ1 } = π, deg{πΉ0 } = deg{πΉ1 } = π − 1 π π 1,π (π₯, π¦) = 1 = π0 (π¦) + π1 (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) π·1 = πΈ0 πΈ1 + (π₯ − π₯0 ) πΉ0 πΉ1 = πΈ0 πΉ1 + πΈ1 πΉ0 (π₯ − π₯0 ) πΉ0 πΉ1 is of type [2π/2π − 2]. (38) Journal of Applied Mathematics 7 For π = 2, from the formula above we know that deg{π1 } = 2π, deg{π·1 } = 2π − 2, deg{πΈ2 } = π, and deg{πΉ2 } = π − 1. one has π 2,π (π₯, π¦) = π2 π1 πΈ2 = + (π₯ − π₯0 ) (π₯ − π₯1 ) π·2 π·1 πΉ2 π πΉ + πΈ2 π·1 (π₯ − π₯0 ) (π₯ − π₯1 ) = 1 2 . π·1 πΉ2 ππ π·π ∗ (π₯, π¦) = π0∗ (π¦) + π1∗ (π¦) (π₯ − π₯0 ) π π,π + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + ππ∗ (π¦) (π₯−π₯0 ) (π₯−π₯1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯−π₯π−1 ) , (45) (39) where for π = 0, 1, . . . , π ππ∗ (π¦) = ππ,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) + We get that π 2,π (π₯, π¦) is of type [3π/3π − 3]. For π = π, let π π,π (π₯, π¦) = Lemma 14. Let + ⋅⋅⋅ + (40) + be of type [(π + 1)π/(π + 1)(π − 1)]. For π = π + 1, we consider that π π+1,π (π₯, π¦) = ππ πΈπ+1 + (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) π·π πΉπ+1 ππ+1 , π·π+1 deg {ππ+1 } = (π + 1) (π − 1) + π + 1 = (π + 2) π, deg {π·π+1 } = (π + 1) (π − 1) + (π − 1) = (π + 2) (π − 1) . (42) Therefore, when π is odd, π is of type [(π+1)π/(π+1)(π− Definition 13. A matrix-valued Newton-Thiele type rational fraction π π,π (π₯, π¦) = π(π₯, π¦)/π·(π₯, π¦) is defined to be a bivariate generalized inverse and rational interpolant (BGIRINT ) on the rectangular grid Λ π,π if (i) π ππ (π₯π , π¦π ) = πππ , (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π , (ii) π·(π₯π , π¦π ) =ΜΈ 0, (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ Λ π,π , deg {π· (π₯, π¦)} = ππ+π, (43) (b) if n is odd, deg {π (π₯, π¦)} = ππ+π, π¦ − π¦π | , | ππ,π+1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , y0 , . . . , π¦π , π¦) ∗ (π₯π , π¦) = π (π₯π , π¦) , π π,π ∗ π π,π (π₯, π¦π ) = π π,π (π₯, π¦π ) , π = 0, 1, . . . , π, π = 0, 1, . . . , π. (47) Now the error estimate Theorem 16 will be put which is also motivated by [3]. We let π π,π (π₯, π¦) = π (π₯, π¦) , π· (π₯, π¦) ∗ (π₯, π¦) = π π,π π∗ (π₯, π¦) . (48) π·∗ (π₯, π¦) Theorem 16. Let a matrix π(π₯, π¦) be max(π + 1, π + 1) times continuously differentiable on a set π· = {π ≤ π₯ ≤ π, π ≤ π¦ ≤ π} containing the points Λ π,π = {(π₯π , π¦π ) : π = 0, 1, . . . , π, π = 0, 1, . . . , π, (π₯π , π¦π ) ∈ R2 }, then, for any point (π₯, π¦) ∈ π·, there exists a point (π, π) ∈ π· such that π (π₯, π¦) − π π,π (π₯, π¦) = (iii) (a) if π is even, deg {π (π₯, π¦)} = ππ+ π+π, (46) Remark 15. We delete the proof of the above lemma since it can be easily generalized from [3]. where 1)]. π¦ − π¦π−1 | | ππ,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) ∗ then π π,π (π₯, π¦) satisfies π πΉ + πΈπ+1 π·π (π₯ − π₯0 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) (41) = π π+1 π·π πΉπ = π¦ − π¦0 ππ,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) 1 π· (π₯, π¦) π·∗ (π₯, π¦) ×{ ππ+1 (π¦) ππ+1 ππ+1 (π₯) ππ+1 πΈ (π, π¦) + πΈ (π₯, π)} , (π + 1)! ππ₯π+1 1 (π + 1)! ππ¦π+1 2 (49) where deg {π· (π₯, π¦)} = ππ+π−π−1, (44) (iv) π·(π₯, π¦) | βπ(π₯, π¦)β2 , (v) π·(π₯, π¦) is real, and π·(π₯, π¦) ≥ 0. Now let us turn to the error estimate of the BGIRINT . Firstly, we give Lemma 14. ππ+1 (π₯) = (π₯ − π₯0 ) (π₯ − π₯1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ) , ππ+1 (π¦) = (π¦ − π¦0 ) (π¦ − π¦1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π¦ − π¦π ) , ∗ πΈ1 (π₯, π¦) = π· (π₯, π¦) π·∗ (π₯, π¦) [π (π₯, π¦) − π π,π (π₯, π¦)] , ∗ (π₯, π¦) − π π,π (π₯, π¦)] . πΈ2 (π₯, π¦) = π· (π₯, π¦) π·∗ (π₯, π¦) [π π,π (50) 8 Journal of Applied Mathematics Proof. Let Based on generalized inverse (4), we obtain ∗ πΈ1 (π₯, π¦) = π· (π₯, π¦) π·∗ (π₯, π¦) [π (π₯, π¦) − π π,π (π₯, π¦)] , π 2,2 (π₯, π¦) π π = ( 11 12 ) × (70π¦6 − 368π¦5 + 892π¦4 π21 π22 ∗ (π₯, π¦) − π π,π (π₯, π¦)] , πΈ2 (π₯, π¦) = π· (π₯, π¦) π·∗ (π₯, π¦) [π π,π πΈ (π₯, π¦) = πΈ1 (π₯, π¦) + πΈ2 (π₯, π¦) . −1 −1240π¦3 +1040π¦2 −512π¦+128) (51) From Lemma 14, we know πΈ1 (π₯π , π¦) = 0, = π = 0, 1, . . . , π, (52) which results in σ΅¨σ΅¨ π (π₯) ππ+1 σ΅¨σ΅¨ σ΅¨σ΅¨ , πΈ (π₯, π¦) πΈ1 (π₯, π¦) = π+1 1 π+1 σ΅¨σ΅¨ (π + 1)! ππ₯ σ΅¨π₯=π π = 0, 1, . . . , π, (53) (54) (55) πΈ (π₯, π¦) = πΈ1 (π₯, π¦) + πΈ2 (π₯, π¦) σ΅¨σ΅¨ ππ+1 (π₯) ππ+1 σ΅¨σ΅¨ σ΅¨σ΅¨ πΈ (π₯, π¦) σ΅¨σ΅¨ (π + 1)! ππ₯π+1 1 σ΅¨π₯=π (56) π21 = 108π¦5 − 200π¦4 + 200π¦3 − 112π¦2 + 32π¦ − 28π¦6 + 60π¦6 π₯ − 344π¦5 π₯ + 736π¦4 π₯ − 784π¦3 π₯ + 408π₯π¦2 − 32π₯π¦ − 64π₯ − 24π¦5 π₯2 + 16π¦4 π₯2 + 32π¦ − 14π¦6 − 50π¦6 π₯2 + 270π¦5 π₯2 − 640π¦4 π₯2 + 820π¦3 π₯2 − 560π₯2 π¦2 + 160π₯2 π¦ + 50π¦6 π₯ − 270π¦5 π₯ + 640π¦4 π₯ − 820π¦3 π₯ + 560π₯π¦2 − 160π₯π¦. The proof is thus completed. (60) 4. Numerical Examples Example 17. Let (π₯π , π¦π ) and ππ,π , π, π = 0, 1, 2 be given in Table 1: (57) Using Algorithm 7, we can get From Definition 13, we know that π 2,2 (π₯, π¦) is a BGIRINT since π 2,2 (π₯π , π¦π ) = ππ,π and deg π(π₯, π¦) = 8, deg π·(π₯, π¦) = 6, and π·(π₯, π¦) | βπ(π₯, π¦)β2 . In paper [9], a bivariate Thieletype matrix-valued rational interpolant π π (π₯, π¦) = πΊ0,0 (π¦) + (π₯ − π₯0 )/πΊ1,0 (π¦) + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + (π₯ − π₯π−1 )/πΊπ,0 (π¦) (page 73), where for π = 0, 1, . . . , π, πΊπ,0 (π¦) = π΅π,0 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 ) π¦−1| π¦ 1 0 , π0 (π¦) = ( )+ 00 + 0 0 0 0 ( 0 1 ) | ( −2/5 −1/5 ) 0 1 π¦−1| π¦ . π2 (π¦) = ( 1 ) + 0 −3/5 + 0 −15/14 0 ( ) | ( ) 1/5 0 −5/14 −5/7 2 − 1776π₯π¦2 + 1024π₯π¦ − 256π₯ − 38π¦5 π₯2 π22 = 68π¦5 − 140π¦4 + 160π¦3 − 96π¦2 σ΅¨σ΅¨ π (π¦) π σ΅¨σ΅¨ σ΅¨σ΅¨ . + π+1 πΈ (π₯, π¦) σ΅¨σ΅¨ (π + 1)! ππ¦π+1 2 σ΅¨π¦=π π¦−1| π¦ 0 −1 π1 (π¦) = ( ) + 0 1/2 + 0 1 , 0 0 ( −1/2 0 ) | ( 1 0 ) π12 = 178π¦5 π₯ − 858π¦4 π₯ + 1688π¦3 π₯ − 96π₯2 π¦ + 10π¦6 π₯2 + 40π₯2 π¦2 + 64π₯2 , π+1 π 2,2 (π₯, π¦) = π0 (π¦) + π1 (π¦) π₯ + π2 (π¦) π₯ (π₯ − 1) . + 1040π¦2 − 512π¦ + 128, − 5π¦6 π₯2 + 5π¦6 π₯ + 800π₯2 π¦2 + 128π₯2 , where ππ+1 (π¦) = (π¦−π¦0 )(π¦−π¦1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π¦−π¦π ), and π is a number contained in the interval (π, π) which may depend on π₯. Therefore, = π11 = 70π¦6 − 368π¦5 + 892π¦4 − 1240π¦3 + 262π¦4 π₯2 − 640π¦3 π₯2 − 512π₯2 π¦ we can get that σ΅¨σ΅¨ π (π¦) ππ+1 σ΅¨σ΅¨ σ΅¨σ΅¨ , πΈ2 (π₯, π¦) = π+1 πΈ (π₯, π¦) 2 σ΅¨σ΅¨ (π + 1)! ππ¦π+1 σ΅¨π¦=π (59) where where ππ+1 (π₯) = (π₯ − π₯0 )(π₯ − π₯1 ) ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (π₯ − π₯π ), and π is a number contained in the interval (π, π) which may depend on π¦. Similarly, from πΈ2 (π₯, π¦π ) = 0, π (π₯, π¦) , π· (π₯, π¦) + (58) π¦ − π¦0 π΅π,1 (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , π¦1 ) + ⋅⋅⋅ + (61) π¦ − π¦π−1 | . | π΅π,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ) Here π΅π,π (π₯0 , . . . , π₯π , π¦0 , . . . , π¦π ), π = 0, 1, . . . , π, π = 0, 1, . . . , π is defined different from that of this paper (see [9]). We Journal of Applied Mathematics 9 Table 1 π¦π /π₯π π₯0 = 0 1 0 ( ) 0 0 1 0 ( ) 0 1 1 0 ( ) −1 0 π¦0 = 0 π¦1 = 1 π¦2 = 2 π₯1 = 1 1 −1 ( ) 0 0 1 0 ( ) −1 1 1 1 ( ) −1 0 π₯2 = 2 1 0 ( ) 1 0 1 −1 ( ) 0 1 1 1 ( ) 0 −1 Table 2 π(1.3, 1.3) −0.856888 0.5155013 3.669296 ( ) 1.30000 3.66929 2.600 π(1.5, 1.5) −0.989999 0.1411200 4.481689 ( ) 1.50000 4.481689 3.00 π NT (1.3, 1.3) −0.856888 0.5155010 3.669297 ( ) 1.30000 3.66929 2.600 π π (1.3, 1.3) −0.98999 0.14111 5.47394 ( ) 1.29999 5.47394 2.999 π NT (1.5, 1.5) −0.989992 0.1411203 4.481688 ( ) 1.50000 4.481688 3.00 π π (1.5, 1.5) −0.99829372 −0.05837 5.47394 ( ) 1.49999 5.47394 3.1999 now give another numerical example to compare the two algorithms, which shows that the method of this paper is better than the one of [9]. Example 18. Let cos (π₯ + π¦) sin (π₯ + π¦) ππ¦ ) π (π₯, π¦) = ( π₯ ππ¦ π₯+π¦ βπ NT − πβπΉ 1.09π − 006 βπ π − πβπΉ 2.613697 βπ NT − πβπΉ 9.15π − 007 βπ π − πβπΉ 1.43144 Acknowledgments The work is supported by Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (10ZR1410900) and by Key Disciplines of Shanghai Municipality (S30104). References (62) and we suppose {π₯0 , π₯1 , π₯2 , π₯3 , π₯4 , π₯5 } = {π¦0 , π¦1 , π¦2 , π¦3 , π¦4 , π¦5 } = {1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0}. The numerical results π NT (π₯, π¦) in Step 9 of Algorithm 7 and π π (π₯, π¦) in [9] are given in Table 2. [1] G. A. Baker and P. R. Graves-Morris, PadeΜ Approximation, Part II, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Mass, USA, 1981. [2] I. Kh. Kuchminska, O. M. Sus, and S. M. Vozna, “Approximation properties of two-dimensional continued fractions,” Ukrainian Mathematical Journal, vol. 55, pp. 36–54, 2003. [3] J. Tan and Y. Fang, “Newton-Thiele’s rational interpolants,” Numerical Algorithms, vol. 24, no. 1-2, pp. 141–157, 2000. Remark 19. 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