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The approximate degree of a Boolean function $f(x_{1},x_{2},\ldots,x_{n})$ is the minimum degree of a real polynomial that approximates $f$ pointwise within $1/3$. Upper bounds on approximate degree have a variety of applications in…

Consider the problem of estimating the Shannon entropy of a distribution over $k$ elements from $n$ independent samples. We show that the minimax mean-square error is within universal multiplicative constant factors of $$\Big(\frac{k }{n…

We address the problem of the best uniform approximation by linear combinations of a finite system of functions. If the system is Chebyshev and the problem is unconstrained, then the classical Remez algorithm provides a fast and precise…

For functions $f$ in Dirichlet-type spaces we study how to determine constructively optimal polynomials $p_n$ that minimize $\|p f-1\|_\alpha$ among all polynomials $p$ of degree at most $n$. Then we give upper and lower bounds for the rate…

We describe polynomials of the best uniform approximation to sgn(x) on the union of two intervals in terms of special conformal mappings. This permits us to find the exact asymptotic behavior of the error of this approximation.

In this paper, we provide an efficient method for computing the Taylor coefficients of $1-p_n f$, where $p_n$ denotes the optimal polynomial approximant of degree $n$ to $1/f$ in a Hilbert space $H^2_\omega$ of analytic functions over the…

We give a "regularity lemma" for degree-d polynomial threshold functions (PTFs) over the Boolean cube {-1,1}^n. This result shows that every degree-d PTF can be decomposed into a constant number of subfunctions such that almost all of the…

We consider the problem of approximating an analytic function on a compact interval from its values at $M+1$ distinct points. When the points are equispaced, a recent result (the so-called impossibility theorem) has shown that the best…

For a function $f$ that is piecewise analytic on a quasi-smooth arc $\mathcal{L}$ and any $0<\sigma<1$ we construct a sequence of "near-best" polynomials that converge at a rate $e^{-n^{\sigma}}$ at each point of analyticity of $f$ and are…

Let $A$ be a square complex matrix, $z_1$, ..., $z_{n}\in\mathbb C$ be (possibly repetitive) points of interpolation, $f$ be analytic in a neighborhood of the convex hull of the union of the spectrum of $A$ and the points $z_1$, ...,…

The $\epsilon$-approximate degree of a function $f\colon X \to \{0, 1\}$ is the least degree of a multivariate real polynomial $p$ such that $|p(x)-f(x)| \leq \epsilon$ for all $x \in X$. We determine the $\epsilon$-approximate degree of…

The threshold degree of a function f:{0,1}^n->{-1,+1} is the least degree of a real polynomial p with f(x)=sgn p(x). We prove that the intersection of two halfspaces on {0,1}^n has threshold degree Omega(n), which matches the trivial upper…

Motivated by recent work on optimal approximation by polynomials in the unit disk, we consider the following noncommutative approximation problem: for a polynomial $f$ in $d$ freely noncommuting arguments, find a free polynomial $p_n$, of…

For any real numbers $B \ge 1$ and $\delta \in (0, 1)$ and function $f: [0, B] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, let $d_{B; \delta} (f) \in \mathbb{Z}_{> 0}$ denote the minimum degree of a polynomial $p(x)$ satisfying $\sup_{x \in [0, B]} \big| p(x)…

Given a nonnegative polynomial f, we provide an explicit expression for its best $\ell_1$-norm approximation by a sum of squares of given degree.

This paper considers the approximation of a monomial $x^n$ over the interval $[-1,1]$ by a lower-degree polynomial. This polynomial approximation can be easily computed analytically and is obtained by truncating the analytical Chebyshev…

Let $2s$ points $y_i=-\pi\le y_{2s}<\ldots<y_1<\pi$ be given. Using these points, we define the points $y_i$ for all integer indices $i$ by the equality $y_i=y_{i+2s}+2\pi$. We shall write $f\in\bigtriangleup^{(1)}(Y)$ if $f$ is a…

The study of inner and cyclic functions in $\ell^p_A$ spaces requires a better understanding of the zeros of the so-called optimal polynomial approximants. We determine that a point of the complex plane is the zero of an optimal polynomial…

When implementing regular enough functions (e.g., elementary or special functions) on a computing system, we frequently use polynomial approximations. In most cases, the polynomial that best approximates (for a given distance and in a given…

We prove an analogue of Chebyshev's alternation theorem for linearly independent discrete functions $\Phi_n=\{\varphi_k\}_{k=1}^n$ on the interval $[0,q]_{\mathbb{Z}}=[0,q]\cap \mathbb{Z}$. In particular, we establish that the polynomial of…