The convergence of the best discrete linear \(L_ p\) approximation as p\(\to 1\) (Q1061967)

It is well known that the best discrete linear \(L_ p\) approximation converges to a special best Chebyshev approximation as \(p\to \infty\). In this paper it is shown that the corresponding result for the case \(p\to 1\) is also true. Furthermore, the special best \(L_ 1\) approximation obtained as the limit is characterized as the unique solution of a nonlinear programming problem on the set of all \(L_ 1\) solutions.