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Extensions of Bernstein's Lethargy Theorem

Functional Analysis 2018-03-28 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the aptly-named "Lethargy Theorem" of Bernstein and survey its recent extensions. We show that one of these extensions shrinks the interval for best approximation by half while the other gives a surprising connection to the space of bounded linear operators between two Banach spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1803.09869,
  title  = {Extensions of Bernstein's Lethargy Theorem},
  author = {Asuman Güven Aksoy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.09869},
  year   = {2018}
}

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17 pages

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