Finding all systems of weight functions associated with a given extended Chebyshev space (Q630500)

An \((n+1)\)-dimensional space \(\mathbb{E}\subset C^n([a,b])\) is said to be an extended Chebyshev space on \([a,b]\) if any Hermite interpolation problem in \((n+1)\) data has a unique solution in \(\mathbb{E}\). On any given real interval \(I\) there exists a classical procedure for building extended Chebyshev spaces viz.: {\parindent=4mm \begin{itemize}\item[--] choose any sequence of non-vanishing functions \(w_0,w_1,\dots, w_n\) such that \(w_i\in C^{n-1}(I)\) for \(0\leq i\leq n\); \item[--] consider the associated generalized derivatives \(L_0,L_1, \dots, L_n\) defined on \(C^n(I)\) by \(L_0 V:= {V\over w_0}\), \(L_k V={1\over w_k} DL_{k-1}V\), \(k= 1,\dots, n\), where \(D\) denotes differentiation; \item[--] define \(E\) as the set of all functions \(V\in C^n(I)\) for which \(L_nV\) is constant on \(I\). \end{itemize}} She says that \((w_0,\dots, w_n)\) is a system of weight functions on \(I\) and \(\mathbb{E}\) is its associated extended Chebyshev space, which is denoted as \(\mathbb{E}= EC(w_0,\dots, w_n)\). If the interval \(I\) is a closed bounded interval \([a,b]\), then it is known that the converge is true: namely, given any \((n+1)\)-dimensional Chebyshev space \(\mathbb{E}\) on \([a,b]\), it is always possible to find a system \((w_0,\dots, w_n)\) of weight functions on \([a,b]\) ensuring the equality \(\mathbb{E}= EC(w_0,\dots, w_n)\). The importance of extended Chebyshev spaces is due to the fact that they are the spaces in which Hermite interpolation is always possible. This article deals with finding all systems of weight functions which can be used to define a given extended Chebyshev space on a closed bounded interval.