On infinite-finite inequalities associated with the Laguerre weight. (Q1566448)

Let \((a,b)\) be a finite or infinite interval and \(\rho(x)\) a weight function. The author discusses inequalities of the form \[ \sup_{x\in(a,b)\setminus[s,S]}{\rho(x)| P_n(x)| } \leq \sup_{x \in [s,S]}{\rho(x)| P_n(x)| }, \] where \(P_n\) is an algebraic polynomial of degree at most \(n\), with the interval \([s,S]\) minimal in a sense. The general theorems are applied in two concrete cases: 1) \((a,b)=(-\infty,\infty)\), \(\rho(x) = e^{-x^2/2}\) (the Hermite weight), 2) \((a,b)=(0,\infty)\), \(\rho(x)=x^{\alpha}e^{-x/2}\), \(\alpha \geq 0\) (the Laguerre weight). The bounds for \(s\), \(S\) obtained in the paper improve the results of \textit{H. N. Mhaskar} and \textit{E. B. Saff} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 285, 203--234 (1984; Zbl 0546.41014)] for the Hermite weight and [Approximation theory IV, Proc. int. Conf., Tex. A \& M Univ. 1983, 619--624 (1983; Zbl 0574.41014)] for the Laguerre weight.