Pointwise simultaneous approximation by rational operators (Q1177064)

Let \(| a|<1\). By a result of Gopengauz there exist continuous functions \(f\) on \([-1,1]\) for which there are no algebraic polynomials \(P_ n\) of degree \(\leq n\) such that \[ | f(x)-P_ n(x)|=O\left\{\omega\left(f;{\sqrt{1-x^ 2}\over n}\varepsilon (1- x^ 2)+{\delta(n^{-1}\over n^ 2}\right)\right\} \] and \[ | f(x)- P_ n(x)|=O\left\{\omega\left(f;{\varepsilon(| x- a|)+\delta(n^{-1} )\over n}\right)\right\} \] for all integers \(n\) and \(x\in[-1,1]\), where \(\varepsilon(u)\downarrow 0\) and \(\delta(u)\downarrow 0\) when \(u\to 0\). The authors prove that it is possible to obtain estimates of the above type by rational approximation. They give also pointwise simultaneous approximation estimates for such rational approximation.