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Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminars EVENT DETAIL Date:  Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Title:  Ziwet Lecture 1 (1360 East Hall): Approximation by rational functions Abstract:  Rational functions are more powerful than polynomials, but also more fragile. We explain why, and present a new algorithm that gets the best of both worlds. Speaker:  Nick Trefethen Institution:  Oxford University   AIM Graduate Program AIM Seminars UM Math seminars