A maximal function approach to Christoffel functions and Nevai's operators (Q662810)

The author considers a compactly supported positive measure \(\mu\) on the real line with infinitely many points in its support and the associated Christoffel functions \(\lambda_{n}(d\mu,.)\). The main result is that the ratio \({\lambda_{n}(gd\mu,.)}\over {\lambda_{n}(d\mu,.)} \) converges to \(g\), as \(n\to \infty\) in measure in \(\{ \mu^{\prime}>0\}\) and also in all \(L^{p}\) norms, if \(g:R\to (0,\infty)\) is a \(d\mu\) measurable function, bounded above and below on supp[\(\mu\)]. The proof follows from a convergence result for the Nevai operators. The results have been proved without restrictions on \(\mu\).