Theoretical and numerical considerations about Padé approximants for the matrix logarithm

Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Volumn 330, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 31-42

  Cardoso, J R ^a   Silva Leite, F ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Condition number; Matrix logarithms; P orthogonal groups; Pad approximants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035877261     PISSN: 00243795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3795(01)00251-8     Document Type: Article

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