| Abstract: | The problem of approximating Hankel operators of infinite rank by finite-rank Hankel operators is considered. For efficiency, truncated infinite Hankel matrices Gamma^n of Gamma are utilized. In this paper for any compact Hankel operator Gamma of the Wiener class, we derive the rate of l2-convergence of the Schmidt pairs of Gamma^n to the corresponding Schmidt pairs of Gamma. For a certain subclass of Hankel operators of the Wiener class, we also obtain the rate of l1-convergence. In addition, an upper bound for the rate of uniform convergence of the rational symbols of best rank-k Hankel approximants of Gamma^n to the corresponding rational symbol of the best rank-k Hankel approximant to Gamma as n --> infty is derived. |