On Hahn polynomial expansion of a continuous function of bounded variation

Abstract: We consider the well-known method of least squares on an equidistant grid with

N + 1

nodes on the interval

[- 1, 1]

. We investigate the following problem: For which ratio

N / n

and which functions, do we have pointwise convergence of the least square operator

{L S}_{n}^{N} : m a t h c a l C l e f t [- 1, 1 i g h t] i g h t a r r o w m a t h c a l P_{n}

? To solve this problem we investigate the relation between the Jacobi polynomials

and the Hahn polynomials

. Thereby we describe the least square operator

{L S}_{n}^{N}

by the expansion of a function by Hahn polynomials. In particular we present the following result: The series expansion

s u m_{k = 0}^{n} h a t f Q_{k}

of a function

f

by Hahn polynomials

Q_{k}

converges pointwise, if the series expansion

s u m_{k = 0}^{n} h a t f P_{k}

of the function

f

by Jacobi polynomials

P_{k}

converges pointwise and if

n^{4} / N i g h t a r r o w 0

for

n, N i g h t a r r o w i n f t y

. Furthermore we obtain the following result: Let

f i n l e f t g i n m a t h c a l C^{1} l e f t [- 1, 1 i g h t] : g^{p} r i m e i n m a t h c a l B V l e f t [- 1, 1 i g h t] i g h t

and let

(N_{n})_{n}

be a sequence of natural numbers with

n^{4} / N_{n} i g h t a r r o w 0

. Then the least square method

{L S}_{n}^{N_{n}} [f]

converges for each

x i n [- 1, 1]

.

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