An interpolation problem on the circle between Lagrange and Hermite problems

This paper is devoted to studying an interpolation problem on the circle, which can be considered an intermediate problem between Lagrange and Hermite interpolation. The difference as well as the novelty is that we prescribe Lagrange values at the 2n roots of a complex number with modulus one and we prescribe values for the first derivative only on half of the nodes. We obtain two types of expressions for the interpolation polynomials: the barycentric expressions and another one given in terms of an orthogonal basis of the corresponding subspace of Laurent polynomials. These expressions are very suitable for numerical computation. Moreover, we give sufficient conditions in order to obtain convergence in case of continuous functions and we obtain the rate of convergence for smooth functions. Finally we present some numerical experiments to highlight the results obtained.