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On the Scalar Rational Interpolation Problem

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University Houston, Texas 772511892, U.S.A. Mathematical System Theory, E.T.H. Zürich CH8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Department of Systems Engineering, Australian National University Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
The rational interpolation problem in the scalar case, including multiple points, is solved. In particular a parametrization of all minimal-degree rational functions interpolating given pairs of points is derived. These considerations provide a generalization of the results on the partial realization of linear systems.
Most of this research was conducted while the first author was a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, August-September 1985. Support was also provided by N.S.F. through Grant ECS-8505293.