Mean convergence of Lagrange interpolation for Freud's weights with application to product integration rules (Q1096816): Difference between revisions

The authors investigate mean convergence of Lagrange interpolation at the zeros of orthogonal polynomials associated with Freud weights on \({\mathbb{R}}\). The results apply to the weights exp \((-x^ m/2)\), \(m=2,4,6,..\). and for the Hermite weight \((m=2)\) extend results of \textit{P. Nevai} [J. Approximation Theory 30, 263-276 (1980; Zbl 0469.41004)] and \textit{S. S. Bonan} [Ph. D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1982)]. The results are sharp in \(L_ p\), \(1<p\leq 2\). As a consequence, the authors improve results of \textit{W. E. Smith, I. H. Sloan} and \textit{A. H. Opie} [Math. Comp. 40, 519-536 (1983; Zbl 0542.65013)] on convergence of product integration rules based on the zeros of the orthogonal polynomials associated with the Hermite weight. Also they prove a new Markov-Stieltjes inequality for Gauss quadrature sums involving even weights and integrants and solve a problem posed by P. Nevai [Approximation Theory II, Proc. Int. Symp., Austin 1976, 163-201 (1976; Zbl 0343.41002)] on how to estimate certain quadrature sums.