Fourier-Padé approximants for Nikishin systems, Constr. Approx

Abstract. We study type I Fourier-Pade ́ approximation for certain systems of functions formed by the Cauchy transform of finite Borel measures supported on bounded intervals of the real line. This construction is similar to type I Hermite-Pade ́ approximation. Instead of power series expansions of the functions in the system, we take their development in a series of orthogonal polynomials. We give the exact rate of convergence of the corresponding approximants. The answer is expressed in terms of the extremal solution of an associated vector valued equilibrium problems for the logarithmic potential