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An extremal property of Jacobi polynomials in two-sided Chernoff-type inequalities for higher order derivatives

Author(s): Vladimir D. Stepanov
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 1589-1597.
MSC (2000): Primary 26D10; Secondary 33C45, 60E15
Posted: January 4, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2373588
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Abstract: For a weight function generating the classical Jacobi polynomials, the sharp double estimate of the distance from the subspace of all polynomials of an arbitrary fixed order is established.


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Additional Information:

Vladimir D. Stepanov
Affiliation: People Friendship University, Miklukho-Maklai 6, Moscow, 117198, Russia
Email: vstepanov@sci.pfu.edu.ru

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09218-6
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09218-6
Keywords: Jacobi polynomials, Chernoff inequality
Received by editor(s): March 4, 2006
Posted: January 4, 2008
Additional Notes: The work of the author was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (Projects 05--01--00422, 06--01--00341, 06--01--04006 and 07--01--00054) and by the INTAS grant 05-1000008-8157.
Communicated by: Jonathan M. Borwein
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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