International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 24 (2000), Issue 5, Pages 335-344
doi:10.1155/S0161171200003616

On rational approximation in a ball in N

P.W. Darko , S.M. Einstein-Matthews and C.H. Lutterodt

Department of Mathematics, Howard University, 2441 6th Street, N. W. Washington D. C 20059, USA

Abstract

We study rational approximations of elements of a special class of meromorphic functions which are characterized by their holomorphic behavior near the origin in balls in N by means of their rational approximants. We examine two modes of convergence for this class: almost uniform-type convergence analogous to Montessus-type convergence and weaker form of convergence using capacity based on the classical Tchebychev constant. These methods enable us to generalize and extend key results of Pommeranke and Gonchar.