A de Montessus type convergence study of a least-squares vector-valued rational interpolation procedure

In a recent paper of the author [A. Sidi, A new approach to vector-valued rational interpolation, J. Approx. Theory 130 (2004) 177–187], three new interpolation procedures for vector-valued functions F(z), where F : C → CN , were proposed, and some of their algebraic properties were studied. One of these procedures, denoted IMPE, was defined via the solution of a linear least-squares problem. In the present work, we concentrate on IMPE, and study its convergence properties when it is applied to meromorphic functions with simple poles and orthogonal vector residues. We prove de Montessus and Koenig type theorems when the points of interpolation are chosen appropriately. c © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.