Piecewise rational approximation to continuous functions with characteristic singularities (Q1298562)

Let \(H^p_\nu[a,b]\) denote the class of continuous functions in the interval \([a,b]\) which admit analytic continuation to \(H^p\) in the subintervals of a \(\nu\)-subdivision of \([a,b]\). Let \(S_{n,\nu}[a,b]\) be the set of piecewise rational functions and \(R_{n,\nu}(f)_p= \inf\{\|f- f_{n,\nu}\|_p; f_{n,\nu}\in S_{n,\nu}[a,b]\}\), \(1\leq p\leq\infty\). The author obtains a number of estimates of \(R_{n,\nu}(f)_p\) for certain classes of functions. One of his results is as follows: Theorem: Let \(f\in H^p_\nu[a,b]\), \(1\leq p\leq\infty\). Then \[ R_{n,\nu}(f)_p= O\Biggl(\inf_{t\geq 1} \omega(f,e^{-t}, [a+b])+ t\exp\Biggl({-nc\over t}+{t\over p}\Biggr)\Biggr), \] where \(c\) is a positive absolute constant and \(\omega(f,\delta[a,b])\) is the uniform modulus of continuity of \(f\).