Totally positive functions and totally bounded functions on [-1,1] (Q1108499)

If \({\mathcal L}(f)\) is the set of all Lagrange interpolants of a real-valued function f on the interval \(I=[-1,1]\), then the normed space TBI consists of all functions f such that \(\| f\|_{TBI}=\sup \{| p(x)|:x\in I,p\in {\mathcal L}(f)\}<\infty\). It is proved that TBI is a Banach space, and that each element of TBI has an analytic extension to a region of the complex plane containing [-1,1]. Certain results of this kind are also presented for the classes TPI and B of all functions f such that \(p(x)>0\) and \(| p^{(j)}(x)| \leq M<\infty\) (x\(\in I,p\in {\mathcal L}(f)\), \(j=0,1,...)\), respectively.