Prolate quadrature error conjecture for lower-index prolate functions

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Let c>0c>0 be a positive real number and let n>2c/πn>2c/\pi be an integer. Let 0≤m<n0\leq m<n be an integer. Let t1,…,tnt_1,\dots,t_n and W1,…,WnW_1,\dots,W_n be the nodes and weights of the quadrature introduced in the source. Let ψm\psi_m be the corresponding prolate function and let λn\lambda_n be the associated eigenvalue.

Quadrature-error conjecture. The quadrature error satisfies

∣∫−11ψm(s) ds−∑j=1nψm(tj)Wj∣≤∣λn∣.\left|\int_{-1}^1\psi_m(s)\,ds-\sum_{j=1}^n\psi_m(t_j)W_j\right|\leq|\lambda_n|.

The conjecture is motivated by numerical tables showing that the absolute error is bounded by, and is roughly half of, ∣λn∣|\lambda_n|, whereas the previously proved upper bound is more cautious. Its resolution is not given in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Andrei Osipov and Vladimir Rokhlin, “Detailed analysis of prolate quadratures and interpolation formulas”, arXiv:1208.4816 (2012).

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