Model a first order system with input delay - Padé approximant?

Yes, e.g. in the cacsd module, but a help page is also needed (in the spirit of Padé approximation of models with time delay - MATLAB pade - MathWorks France). In the source of pade() you should control the type of input arguments by using the new mechanism (see https://scilab.discourse.group/t/new-language-feature-arguments-introduced-in-scilab-2024-0-0). When you have all these elements working in your fork you can create a merge request.

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