Best uniform approximation by harmonic functions on subsets of Riemannian manifolds

We investigate best uniform approximations to bounded, continuous functions by harmonic functions on precompact subsets of Riemannian manifolds. Applications to approximation on unbounded subsets ofR ² are given.Communicated by J. Milne Anderson.     

Best uniform approximation to a class of rational functions

We explicitly determine the best uniform polynomial approximation to a class of rational functions of the form 1/²(x−c)+K(a,b,c,n)/(x−c) on [a,b] represented by their Chebyshev expansion, where a, b, and c are real numbers, n−1 denotes the degree of the best approximating polynomial, and K is a constant determined by a, b, c, and n. Our result is based on the explicit determination of a phase angle η in the representation of the approximation error by a trigonometric function. Moreover, we formulate an ansatz which offers a heuristic strategies to determine the best approximating polynomial to a function represented by its Chebyshev expansion. Combined with the phase angle method, this ansatz can be used to find the best uniform approximation to some more functions.     

Best approximation of reproducing kernels of spaces of analytic functions

We obtain exact values for the best approximation of a reproducing kernel of a system of p-Faber polynomials by functions of the Hardy space H_q, p^-1 + q^-1 = 1 and a Szegö reproducing kernel of the space E²(Ω) in a simply connected domain Ωwith rectifiable boundary.     

Rational approximation of analytic functions

The paper provides an overview of the author’s contribution to the theory of constructive rational approximations of analytic functions. The results presented are related to the convergence theory of Padé approximants and of more general rational interpolation processes, which significantly expand the classical theory’s framework of continuous fractions, to inverse problems in the theory of Padé approximants, to the application of multipoint Padé approximants (solutions of Cauchy-Jacobi interpolation problem) in explorations connected with the rate of Chebyshev rational approximation of analytic functions and to the asymptotic properties of Padé-Hermite approximation for systems of Markov type functions.     

Optimal uniform approximation on angles by entire functions

The paper discusses the best or optimal uniform approximation problem by entire functions on a closed angle Δ. This problem has been studied by M.V. Keldysch in [4], under the assumption that the functions ? subject to approximation are holomorphic in a larger angle containing Δ and there is no restriction on the growth of ? at infinity. In [8], the problem was investigated for a wider class of functions ? continuously complex differentiable on Δ, with sharper estimates on the growth of approximating entire functions, linked with the growth of ? on Δ and the differential properties of ? on the boundary of Δ. In this paper, we improve some of the results on entire approximation on angles, using new approximation ideas partially presented in [9] and [10].     

Optimally uniform approximation by meromorphic functions in the strip

The paper studies the uniform approximation problem of functions f, which are continuous in a closed strip S _h and holomorphic in its interior. Such functions are approximated on S _h by meromorphic functions g, the growth of which is estimated in the terms of the Nevanlinna characteristic T (r, g) and depends on the growth of f in the strip and the differential properties of f on the boundary of the strip. Also, the possible location of the poles of g in the complex plane is studied.     

Best approximation of the differentiation operator on the class of functions analytic in a strip

On the class of functions analytic in a strip, we study a number of related extremal problems for the differentiation operator: the best approximation of the operator, computation of its modulus of continuity, and optimal recovery of the operator from boundary values of a function given with error on a straight line.