Real VS. Complex Rational Chebyshev Approximation on an Interval

Real vs Complex Rational Chebyshev Approximation on an Interval

Real VS. Complex Rational Chebyshev Approximation on an Interval

I f f E C[-I, I] is real-valued, let Er( f ) and E'( f ) be the errors in best approximation to f in the supremum norm by rational functions of type ( m , n ) with real and complex coefficients, respectively. It has recently been observed that E'( f ) < Er( f ) can occur for any n > 1, but for no n 1 is it known whether y,,,, = inf, E'( f ) / E r ( f ) is zero or strictly positive. Here we show...

A Unified Theory for Real vs Complex Rational Chebyshev Approximation on an Interval

A unified approach is presented for determining all the constants Ym.n (m > 0, n > 0) which occur in the study of real vs. complex rational Chebyshev approximation on an interval. In particular, it is shown that Ym,m+2 = 1/3 (m > 0), a problem which had remained open.

Generalized Rational Chebyshev Approximation

In this paper, a generalized rational Chebyshev approximation problem is considered. The problem is this: To minimize the maximum absolute value of the "criterion function" of the error. By imposing a rather natural restriction on the criterion function, the problem is solved completely; the existence, the uniqueness and the characterization of the best approximation are clarified and interesti...

Rational Chebyshev Approximation on the Unit Disk

In a recent paper we showed that er ror curves in po lynomia l Chebyshev a p p r o x i m a t i o n of ana ly t ic functions on the unit disk tend to a p p r o x i m a t e perfect circles abou t the origin [23]. M a k i n g use of a theorem of Ca ra th6odo ry and Fej6r, we der ived in the process a me thod for calculat ing near-bes t a p p r o x i m a t i o n s rapid ly by finding the pr incipal...