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ZERO-MEAN COSINE POLYNOMIALS WHICH ARE NON-NEGATIVE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2001

A. D. GILBERT  and
C. J. SMYTH
A. D. GILBERT
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ; tony2@maths.ed.ac.uk
C. J. SMYTH
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ; chris@maths.ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

For a given integer n, all zero-mean cosine polynomials of order at most n which are non-negative on [0,(n/(n+1))π] are found, and it is shown that this is the longest interval [0,θ] on which such cosine polynomials exist. Also, the longest interval [0,θ] on which there is a non-negative zero-mean cosine polynomial with non-negative coefficients is found.

As an immediate consequence of these results, the corresponding problems of the longest intervals [θ,π] on which there are non-positive cosine polynomials of degree n are solved.

For both of these problems, all extremal polynomials are found. Applications of these polynomials to Diophantine approximation are suggested.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the London Mathematical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , October 2000 , pp. 489 - 504
Copyright
The London Mathematical Society 2000

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