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Approximation by rational functions
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 98 (1986), 601-604 Request permission

Abstract:

Making use of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function, we give a new proof of the following theorem of Pekarski: If $f’$ is in $L\log L$ on a finite interval, then $f$ can be approximated in the uniform norm by rational functions of degree $n$ to an error $O(1/n)$ on that interval.
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  • © Copyright 1986 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 98 (1986), 601-604
  • MSC: Primary 41A20; Secondary 41A25, 41A63, 42B25
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1986-0861758-3
  • MathSciNet review: 861758