"Padé approximant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Padé approximants [plural]
Etymology: The technique was developed around 1890 by Henri Padé. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Padé approximant (plural Padé approximants)
  1. (mathematics) The "best" approximation of a function by a rational function of given order. Under this technique, the approximant's power series agrees with the power series of the function it is approximating.
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