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A note on uniform approximation of functions having a double pole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2014

Ionela Moale
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC), Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria email ionela.moale@risc.jku.at
Veronika Pillwein
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC), Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria email veronika.pillwein@risc.jku.at

Abstract

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We consider the classical problem of finding the best uniform approximation by polynomials of $1/(x-a)^2,$ where $a>1$ is given, on the interval $[-\! 1,1]$ . First, using symbolic computation tools we derive the explicit expressions of the polynomials of best approximation of low degrees and then give a parametric solution of the problem in terms of elliptic functions. Symbolic computation is invoked then once more to derive a recurrence relation for the coefficients of the polynomials of best uniform approximation based on a Pell-type equation satisfied by the solutions.

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© The Author(s) 2014