The algorithm computes also a cofactor sequence, which is shown
to be associated with a given power series remainder sequence.
The cofactor sequence yields directly all the Pade' fractions along some
specific off-diagonal path of the Pade' table for a pair of power series
( A(z), B(z) ).
When the sizes of the coefficients of A(z) and B(z) are bounded by k, in
the normal case, the algorithm computes Pade' fractions of type (m , n) in time
O(k^2*(m + n)^4).
In the abnormal case, and depending on the nature of abnormalities,
the time complexity
can reach O(k^2*( m + n )^5).
For computing Pade' fractions, the algorithm compares
favorably with fraction-free methods, which have
a time complexity O(k^2*( m + n )^5)
even in the normal case.
When applied to polynomials, rather than to power series, the algorithm, for one specific off-diagonal path, corresponds to Euclid's extended algorithm for computing the greatest common divisor of two polynomials.
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