Extremum problems for functions with small support

In this paper we consider an extremum problem for even periodic functions having small intervals as their supports and subject to restrictions on the sum of the absolute values of their Fourier coefficients. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 323–332, September, 1996. We wish to express our gratitude to S. B. Stechkin for his interest in our work. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00378, and the work of the first and second authors also by the International Science Foundation under grant No. MC5300.