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Best approximation of functions by log-polynomials

Functional Analysis 2021-07-26 v2

Abstract

Lasserre [La] proved that for every compact set KRnK\subset\mathbb R^n and every even number dd there exists a unique homogeneous polynomial g0g_0 of degree dd with KG1(g0)={xRn:g0(x)1}K\subset G_1(g_0)=\{x\in\mathbb R^n:g_0(x)\leq 1\} minimizing G1(g)|G_1(g)| among all such polynomials gg fulfilling the condition KG1(g)K\subset G_1(g). This result extends the notion of the L\"owner ellipsoid, not only from convex bodies to arbitrary compact sets (which was immediate if d=2d=2 by taking convex hulls), but also from ellipsoids to level sets of homogeneous polynomial of an arbitrary even degree. In this paper we extend this result for the class of non-negative log-concave functions in two different ways. One of them is the straightforward extension of the known results, and the other one is a suitable extension with uniqueness of the solution in the corresponding problem and a characterization in terms of some 'contact points'.

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@article{arxiv.2007.07952,
  title  = {Best approximation of functions by log-polynomials},
  author = {David Alonso-Gutiérrez and Bernardo González Merino and Rafael Villa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.07952},
  year   = {2021}
}

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26 pages, 2 figures

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