Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Mean Convergence of Lagrange Interpolation for Erdős Weights

Abstract

AbstractWe investigate mean convergence of Lagrange interpolation at the zeros of orthogonal polynomials pn(W2, x) for Erdös weights W2 = e-2Q. The archetypal example is Wk,α = exp(—Qk,α), whereα > 1, k ≥ 1, and is the k-th iterated exponential. Following is our main result: Let 1 < p < ∞, Δ ∊ ℝ, k > 0. Let Ln[f] denote the Lagrange interpolation polynomial to ƒ at the zeros of pn(W2, x) = pn(e-2Q, x). Then forto hold for every continuous function ƒ: ℝ —> ℝ satisfyingit is necessary and sufficient that