Addendum to ``Rational approximation'' (Q1245340)

Let \(f(z)=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}a_kz^k,a_0> 0,a_k\geq 0(k\geq 1)\) be an entire function such that \(l< \lim\sup_{r\to\infty}\frac{\log\log M(r)}{\log\log r}=\rho+1< \infty\) and \(\lim\sup_{r\to\infty}(\inf)\quad(\log r)^{-\rho-1}\log M(r)=\alpha(\beta)\) where \(M(r)=\max_{\|z\|=r}\|f(z)\|\). The authors in Adv. Math. 21, 78-109 (1976; Zbl 0334.30019) showed that if (*) \(5< 2\beta< 2\alpha< \infty\) then for every sequence of polynomials \(\{P_n(x)\}_{n=0}^{\infty}\) of degree at most \(n\), \(\lim\inf_{n\to\infty}\delta_n^{n^{-1-\rho^{-1}}}\geq e^{-1}\) where \(\delta_n = \left\|\frac1{f(x)}-\frac 1{P_n(x)}\right\|_{L_{\infty}[0,\infty]}\). In the present paper, they show that if (*) is replaced by (**) \(0< \beta\leq\alpha< \infty\), then for every polynomial \(P_n(x)\) and \(Q_n(x)\) of degree at most \(n\), \(\lim\inf_{n\to\infty}\triangle_n^{n^{-1-\rho^{-1}}}\geq G\) where \(\triangle_n=\left\|\frac 1{f(x)}-\frac{P_n(x)}{Q_n(x)}\right\|_{L\_{\infty}[0,\infty]}\) and \(G=\exp\left\{-\left(\frac 2{\beta}\right)^{1/\rho}\left[\alpha -1+\left(\frac{2\alpha}{\beta}\right)^{1/(\rho+1)}\right]\right\}\).