Pointwise Remez inequality

The standard well-known Remez inequality gives an upper estimate of the values of polynomials on $$[-1,1]$$ [ - 1 , 1 ] if they are bounded by 1 on a subset of $$[-1,1]$$ [ - 1 , 1 ] of fixed Lebesgue measure. The extremal solution is given by the rescaled Chebyshev polynomials for one interval. Andrievskii asked about the maximal value of polynomials at a fixed point, if they are again bounded by 1 on a set of fixed size. We show that the extremal polynomials are either Chebyshev (one interval) or Akhiezer polynomials (two intervals) and prove Totik–Widom bounds for the extremal value, thereby providing a complete asymptotic solution to the Andrievskii problem.

Asymptotic zero distribution for a class of extremal polynomials

We consider extremal polynomials with respect to a Sobolev-type [Formula: see text]-norm, with [Formula: see text] and measures supported on compact subsets of the real line. For a wide class of such extremal polynomials with respect to mutually singular measures (i.e. supported on disjoint subsets of the real line), it is proved that their critical points are simple and contained in the interior of the convex hull of the support of the measures involved and the asymptotic critical point distribution is studied. We also find the [Formula: see text]th root asymptotic behavior of the corresponding sequence of Sobolev extremal polynomials and their derivatives.