A sharp error bound in terms of an averaged modulus of smoothness for Fourier Lagrange coefficients (Q1936929)

This paper discusses the approximation of Fourier coefficients \(\hat f(k)\) by Fourier Lagrange coefficients \((\hat f)_n^*(k)\). Let \(\omega_r(\delta,f)\) be the \(r\)-th uniform modulus of smoothness, \(\omega_r(\delta,f,x)\) the \(r\)-th local modulus of smoothness of \(f\) at a point \(x\), and \[ \tau_r(\delta,f):=\int\limits_0^{2\pi}\omega_r(\delta,f,x)\,dt \] the \(\tau\)-modulus. It is known that for \(f\in R(0,2\pi)\) (i.e. Riemann integrable) \[ |\hat f(k)-(\hat f)_n^*(k)|\leq \left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)C_r\tau_r\left(\frac{1}{n},f\right)\leq 2(1+\pi)C_r\omega_r\left(\frac{1}{n},f\right) \eqno(1) \] In the paper is proved that in the inequality (1) the error \(|\hat f(k)-(\hat f)_n^*(k)|\) can show the same rate as the \(\tau\)-modulus, when at the same time the rate is strictly better than the rate of the uniform modulus.