One-sided weighted integral approximation of characteristic functions of intervals by polynomials on a closed interval

Abstract

We consider the problem of one-sided weighted integral approximation on the interval [−1, 1] to the characteristic functions of intervals (a, 1] ⊂ (−1, 1] and (a, b) ⊂ (−1, 1) by algebraic polynomials. In the case of half-intervals, the problem is solved completely. We construct an example to illustrate the difficulties arising in the case of an open interval.