Rational approximation with varying weights I

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Authors Peter Borwein, E. A. Rakhmanov, E. B. Saff

Publication date 19 August 1997

Published in Constructive Approximation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

exponential weightsincomplete polynomialsrational approximationweighted approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation by rational functions (41A20)

Review text

Let us denote by \(\delta_n(f,A) = \inf_{r \in R_n} \mid\mid 1 - (r(x)/f(x))\mid\mid_A\) the best rational relative approximation of a positive function \(f\) in the uniform norm on the real interval \(A\subset [0, +\infty)\). The authors consider the asymptotic behaviour of \(\delta_n(f_n,A)\) where \(f_n(x) = e^{-nx}\) or \(f_n(x) = x^{-n\theta}\) (\(1< \theta\)) and obtain very sharp estimates of the extreme points of the interval \(A\) when \(\delta_n \rightarrow 0\). They prove, among others, the following results: If \(\delta_n(e^{-x},[0,b_n]) \rightarrow 0\), then \(b_n\leq (1+\epsilon)2\pi n\) for any \(\epsilon >0\) and \(n\geq n(\epsilon)\) and if \(\delta_n(x^{-n\theta}, [a,1]) \rightarrow 0\) as \(n \rightarrow \infty\) and \(\theta > 1\), then \( a \geq tan^4 \left( (\pi(\theta -1))/(4\theta)\right)\). The proofs are based in complicated calculation that involve sharp results of potential theory. However, the exposition is clear and motivate several other problems.

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