The endpoint-maximization conjecture for the Lebesgue function of modified Chebyshev points

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Let βˉn=2/n\bar{\beta}_n=2/n with n∈N>0n\in\mathbb{N}_{>0}, and let Unβˉn,0=Un+1∖{−1}\mathcal{U}^{\bar{\beta}_n,0}_{n}=\mathcal{U}_{n+1}\setminus\{-1\} be the associated set of interpolation points on Ω\Omega. Write λ(Unβˉn,0;x)\lambda(\mathcal{U}^{\bar{\beta}_n,0}_{n};x) for its Lebesgue function and Λ(Unβˉn,0,Ω)\Lambda(\mathcal{U}^{\bar{\beta}_n,0}_{n},\Omega) for the corresponding Lebesgue constant.

Endpoint-maximization conjecture. The maximum of the Lebesgue function is attained at x=−1x=-1, namely

Λ(Unβˉn,0,Ω)=λ(Unβˉn,0;−1)=2n−1.\Lambda\big(\mathcal{U}^{\bar{\beta}_n,0}_{n},\Omega\big)=\lambda\big(\mathcal{U}^{\bar{\beta}_n,0}_{n};-1\big)=2n-1.

The preceding theorem establishes the value of the Lebesgue function at x=−1x=-1; the conjecture asserts that this endpoint value is the global maximum over Ω\Omega.

References

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Stefano De Marchi, Giacomo Elefante and Francesco Marchetti, “On (β,γ)-Chebyshev functions and points of the interval”, arXiv:2102.04126 (2021).

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