On the sharpness of non-optimal approximation for semigroup operators (Q1070142)

The sharpness of the rate of approximation by certain operators to the identity is considered in the sense that there exist smooth elements such that a rate of approximation (given by a direct theorem) cannot be improved to a faster one. The verification relies on a functional analytic approach worked out in \textit{W. Dickmeis} - \textit{R. J. Nessel} [J. Approximation Theory 31, 161-174 (1981; Zbl 0473.41028)] and \textit{W. Dickmeis}, \textit{R. J. Nessel}, and \textit{E. van Wickeren} [Quantitative extensions of the uniform boundedness principle, Jahresber. Dtsch.-Math.- Ver. (1986; in print)] and which can be applied to a wide class of operators and spaces. The operators here are the semigroups operators, their Cesàro means, as well as the associated resolvent operators.