A Python package for barycentric rational approximation
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This is a pure Python package which provides routines for rational and polynomial approximation through the so-called barycentric representation. The advantage of this representation is (often significantly) improved stability over classical approaches.
See the API documentation for an overview of the available functions.
Features
The AAA algorithm
The package includes a Python implementation of the AAA algorithm for rational approximation described in the paper "The AAA Algorithm for Rational Approximation" by Yuji Nakatsukasa, Olivier Sète, and Lloyd N. Trefethen, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 2018 40:3, A1494-A1522. (doi)
A MATLAB implementation of this algorithm is contained in Chebfun. The present Python version is a more or less direct port of the MATLAB version.
The "cleanup" feature for spurious poles and zeros is not currently implemented.
Further algorithms
The package includes functions for polynomial interpolation, rational interpolation with either fixed poles or fixed interpolation nodes, Floater-Hormann interpolation, and more.
Installation
The implementation is in pure Python and requires only numpy and scipy as dependencies. Install it using pip:
pip install baryrat
Usage
Here's an example of how to approximate a function in the interval [0,1] using the AAA algorithm:
import numpy as np
from baryrat import aaa
Z = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, 1000)
F = np.exp(Z) * np.sin(2*np.pi*Z)
r = aaa(Z, F, mmax=10)
Instead of the maximum number of terms mmax
, it's also possible to specify
the error tolerance tol
. Both arguments work exactly as in the MATLAB
version.
The returned object r
is an instance of the class
baryrat.BarycentricRational
and can be called like a function. For instance,
you can compute the error on Z
like this:
err = F - r(Z)
print(np.linalg.norm(err, np.inf))
If you are interested in the poles and residues of the computed rational function, you can query them like
pol, res = r.polres()
and the zeroes using
zer = r.zeros()
Finally, the nodes, values and weights used for interpolation (called zj
,
fj
and wj
in the original implementation) can be accessed as properties:
r.nodes
r.values
r.weights
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