Sharp Jackson inequalities (Q2481512)

For trigonometric polynomials on \([-\pi,\pi]\equiv T\), the classical Jackson inequality \(E_n(f)_p\leq C\omega^r(f,1/n)_p\) was sharpened by M. Timan for \(1<p<\infty\) to yield \(n^{-r}\Bigl\{\sum\limits_{k=1}\limits^{n}k^{sr-1}E_k(f)^s_p\Bigl\}^{1/s}\leq C\omega^r(f,n^{-1})_p\) where \(s=\max(p,2).\) In this paper a general result on the relations between systems or sequences of best approximation and appropriate measures of smoothness is given. Approximation by algebraic polynomials on \([-1,1]\), by spherical harmonic polynomials on the unit sphere, and by functions of exponential type on \(\mathbb R^d\) are among the systems for which the present treatment yields sharp Jackson inequalities. Analogous sharper versions of the inequality \(\omega^{r+1}(f,t)_p\leq C\omega^r(f,,t)_p\) are also achieved.