The first who seemed to realise the full significance of the method of Padé approximants was Lagrange in a paper of 1776 where he related them to continued fractions.
Ang unang na seemed sa realise ang buong kahulugan ng paraan ng Padé approximants ay Lagrange sa isang papel ng 1776 kung saan siya na may kaugnayan sa kanila na patuloy na fractions.