A note on rational approximation (Q2264930)

Let \[ \lambda_{0,n} \equiv \inf_{p \in \pi_n} \left|{1 \over f(x)}-{1 \over p(x)} \right|_{L^\infty [0, \infty)}, \] where \(\pi_n\) denots the class of all polynomials of degree at most \(n\). Then the authors prove the following. i) There is a sequence \(\{g(n) \} ^\infty_{n=0}\) and an entire function \(f\) of infinite order so that for infinitely many \(n\), \(\lambda_{0,n} \leq l/g(n)\). (ii) Let \(f(z)= \sum ^\infty_{k=0}a_kz^k\), \(a_0>0\), \(a_k \geq 0\), \((k \geq 1)\) be an entire function of finite lower order \(\beta\). Then for each \(\epsilon >0\), \[ \lim_{n \to \infty} \inf (\lambda_{0,n})^{1/n} \leq \exp \left({-1 \over (\beta + \epsilon)(e+1)} \right). \]