Title
Exponential Node Clustering At Singularities For Rational Approximation, Quadrature, And Pdes
Abstract
Rational approximations of functions with singularities can converge at a root-exponential rate if the poles are exponentially clustered. We begin by reviewing this effect in minimax, least-squares, and AAA approximations on intervals and complex domains, conformal mapping, and the numerical solution of Laplace, Helmholtz, and biharmonic equations by the "lightning" method. Extensive and wide-ranging numerical experiments are involved. We then present further experiments giving evidence that in all of these applications, it is advantageous to use exponential clustering whose density on a logarithmic scale is not uniform but tapers off linearly to zero near the singularity. We propose a theoretical model of the tapering effect based on the Hermite contour integral and potential theory, which suggests that tapering doubles the rate of convergence. Finally we show that related mathematics applies to the relationship between exponential (not tapered) and doubly exponential (tapered) quadrature formulas. Here it is the Gauss-Takahasi-Mori contour integral that comes into play.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1007/s00211-020-01168-2
NUMERISCHE MATHEMATIK
Keywords
DocType
Volume
41A20, 65D32, 65N35
Journal
147
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0029-599X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lloyd N. Trefethen11024203.66
Yuji Nakatsukasa29717.74
J. A. C. Weideman313519.04