A periodic map for linear barycentric rational trigonometric interpolation

Consider the set of equidistant nodes in [0, 2π), θk:=k·2πn,k=0,⋯,n−1. For an arbitrary 2π–periodic function f(θ), the barycentric formula for the corresponding trigonometric interpolant between the θk’s is [Formula presented] where cst(·):=ctg(·) if the number of nodes n is even, and cst(·):=csc(·) if n is odd. Baltensperger [3] has shown that the corresponding barycentric rational trigonometric interpolant given by the right-hand side of the above equation for arbitrary nodes introduced in [9] converges exponentially toward f when the nodes are the images of the θk’s under a periodic conformal map. In the present work, we introduce a simple periodic conformal map which accumulates nodes in the neighborhood of an arbitrarily located front, as well as its extension to several fronts. Despite its simplicity, this map allows for a very accurate approximation of smooth periodic functions with steep gradients.