On a problem of G. G. Lorentz (Q1971644)

Let \(B\) be a finite union of connected compacts and let \(C(B)\) be the space of real-valued continuous functions on \(B\). Let \(U_n\) and \(V_m\) be \(n\) and \(m\)-dimensional linear subspaces of \(C(B)\), respectively. The problem is to find conditions on \(U_n\) and \(V_m\), such that each \(f\) in \(C(B)\) has at most one best approximant from the set \(U_n/V_m\) in the uniform norm on \(B\). The author solves this problem in the case, where \(U_n\) and \(V_m\) are Haar spaces. In particular he analyses the case of a periodic Haar space of trigonometric polynomials.