VOL. 20 NO. (1997) 93-100
STE(KIN
INEQUALITIESFORSUMMABILITYMETHODS
JIA-DING CAO
DepartmentofMathematics FudanUniversity
Shanghai,200433,PEOPLE’SREPUBLIC OF CHINA
(Received April 30, 1992 and in revisedform June 16,1995)
ABSTRACT. Ste6kin provedan inequality onFej6rmeansofFourier series He said, "Proving
similar inequality for other summability method is an interesting problem." We generalize Stekin’s inequalityandgivevariousapplicationstosummability methods.
KEYWORDSANDPHRASES. Ste6kin inequality, M. F Timan inequality, Zygmundtypical means, various summabilitymethods.
1991 AMSSUBJECTCLASSIFICATION CODES. 41A17,41A45, 42A24, 42A10, 41A05, 41A40,
41A10.
1. INTRODUCTION
Let C2,bespace of 2r-periodiccontinuous functions,
[[f[[
:= max O<x<2r Fourier seriesisgiven by.f(x)
-
+
Z
(a’
cosix+
b,sinix).t-1
If(z)l.
Letf
qC2,itsDenote
Mn
tobe thesetof trigonometric polynomials oforderatmostn, andE,(f)
:=E,(f)c2,
:= min[If- t,[[.
For a triangular matrix A :=
{At,m(,)}
withg0,m(n)= l(n
0,1,...)
we consider the linearsummability method
re(n) 0,0
U,,(,)(.f,x)
:=--
Ao,.,(,)
+
j
A,,,(,)(a,
cosix+
b,sin/x),2 (1 1)
IfA,,,
1-i-f
(0 <
< n)
weobtain Fej6rmeansan.By
M,
andC,wedenotepositiveconstantsindependent ofn,andf.
S. B. Stekinprovedin ].THEOREM A. Let
f
C2,, thenwehavellf-
o(f)ll <
M1
n+l,=
0(1 2)
Let Nbe thesetof naturalnumbers.
THEOREM B. Let
f
E C2.,thenwehaveM2
o
)k-m
II:-
z<:)ll
_<(
+
1)
k (i+
1E(f).
(1 3)In
2
weestablish lemmas ofcomparisonofsummabilitymethods withZygmund typicalmeansZ
The generalization of Ste6kin’s inequality is proved in {}3 Using the results of2
and {}3 someapplicationson varioussummability methodsaregivenin
4-5
2. LEMMA OF COMPARISONFavard and Trigub [3] investigated comparison oflinear summability methods ofFourier series. Butzer,Nessel,andTrebels investigated comparison of summabilitymethods in Banachspaces
LetAbealinearoperatormapping
C2
toC2
andIlmll
beitsnormLEMMA 1. Suppose that A, is a sequence of linear operators mapping C2, to
C2
withIIAII-
O(1),
andBn
is a sequence oflinearoperators mapping C2, toI-In
withIIBII-
O(1)
Inorderthatfor any
f
EC9.,II:-
Afll
S
M3olIf
BflI,
itissufficient andnecessarythatforanyt E
rqn
(2.2)
PROOF. Necessity Obviously from(2.1)weobtain(2.2).
Sufficiency. Let
f
EC2
andt
be polynomial ofnth best approximation, i.e.,Ill
t,[[
E,(f).
Thenbythe boundnessof
A,
andBn
1[,
one getsIll- Afll
<_
Ill-
t:,l[
/lit:,A(t:,)ll
/lIAr(t;,
f)ll
<_ E(f)
/M4"llt,
n(t,)[I
/MSEn(f)
< (1
+
Ms).En(f)
+ M4llt
fll
+
Mallf-
nfll
+
M4IIBn(f
_<
(1
+
M).E(f)
+
Mao(f)
+ Ma’llf
nfll +
Ma.MoE(f)
_<
(1
+
Ms +
Ma +
Ma.M).(f)
+ Ma’llf
nfll
Itisclear that if
An
arealso mappingC2,to r-I,,then converseinequalityho!ds,
this isCOROLLARY1. In Lemma if in addition:
A,
is asequence oflinear operatorsmappingC2,ton,,,
thenfor anyf
Mr’Ill-
Bfll
<_
Ill-
Afil
<
Ms’Ill- Bfll.
Corollary (casein(2.2):
A, (t,)
Bn
(tn),
Vtn
I-In)
is alSO obtainedbyBermanin[4]LEMMA2. Letk Nand
An
beasequence oflinearoperators mappingC2
toC2,inorder that foreveryf
C2
ll/-
A,,fll <_
Mo’II:-
z2(:)ll,
(2.3) it issufficient andnecessarythat(i)
IIAI[-
O(1),
(ii) A,satisfies
(b,)
(ifk iseven)and()
(ifk isodd),hereMo
fl)
(,+)1
!1,
vf,,c...
Condition
(k)
forsome k ENIIf-
A,fll <_
Here
(z)
isaconjugatefunctionoff(z)
EC9.
Necessity Itis evident(see [5]),
I111
o(1),
henceby(2.3)wehaveIIAII
o(1)
The state-ment(ii)follows fromthefollowing Zygmund’s inequalities(see[5])inChap. VIII, 8.7,problem27(iii) For
f
C2,andf(k)
C2
Mx
f()
(2.4)
IIs-
z(s)ll
_<
(
+
1).11
}l,
if k is even,(iv)For
f
C2
andf(’)
E 02,)13
?(k)
Ill-
z: y)ll
_<
+
1/ ’11
II,
if k isodd, (2 5)Sufficiency Wenotethatfor t, lq, wehave
(n
+
1)k
llt-
zg(t.)ll,
( even)
(2 6)(rt
+
1)
kIIt-
z.(t,,)ll,
( odd)
(2.7)Combiningthese with(ii)weget
lit,,
the inequality(2.3)followsfromthisestimateandLemma
3. STE’SPROBLEM
THEOREM1. Supposethat
A,
isasequence oflinear operatorsmapping C9_toC2,A,
satisfiesO(1)
andcondition(gk)
for somek EN,
then for anyf
EC2
we haveM15
Ill-
A,fll <
(n
+
1)
--0 (i+
1)k-loEb(f).
(3.1)PROOF. If k is odd, then(3.1) follows fromLemma 2 and Theorem B. Ifk is even, and we choose
T
E,
such thatIIf
TII
-/(f),
since(k)
and(2.7)(Z
rn)
wehaveM16
11
Mx6
( a)(n
+
1)’
I1")11
(n
+
1)’
(’’
)’11
I1
A(T)II
wehavebyTheoremA
M1
Ev(T(nk-1)),
(3 3)IlZ(-ll-
r(r(-l)ll
-<
(n
/1)=o
toestimate thesumof(3.3), weapplytheinequality(see[5])inChap V
5
636 IfrE ll and g andir-l.E(9
<
c,then9(r)6’
and=1
E(g
(’))
<_
M17{(
+
1)’E(g)+E
ir-lE(g)}
takingr k
l(k > 2),
gT,,,
sinceE,(Tn)
0(i>
n)
weobtainfor0<
v<
n(34)
Ev(T(n
k-l))
<_ M17{(p
+ 1)k-l’E(Tn) +
i-2"E,(T,)},
for 0
<
<
nfrom definition we have(3.5)
and we have(see[5])inChapII,
2.5
(1) for g and h Cg.,,E(g
+
h) <
E(g)+
E,(h);
(2) E,(f)
< E,(f)
hence
E(T,)
E(T,
f)
+
E(f)
IIT
fll +
E,(f)
E,(f)
+
E,(f)
<
2E,(f),
from(3.5)wehave
hence
wehave
Ev(T(nk-l))
<_
2M17o{(v
+
1)k-loEv(f)
+
ik-2E(f)}
Ev(T(nk-I))
<_
2M17"
(v
+
1)k-X*E,(f)
+
ik-2*E,(f)
v=0 v=0 v=O
(3.6)
ik-2"E’(f)
ik-2*E’(f)
E
ik-2(i
+
l).E,(f) _<
E
(i+
v=0 =0 u=0 ,=0 z=0
(3.7)
combining(3.2), (3.3),(3.6),
(3.7)
wehave4MI6"MI "MI7
(i+
1)k-l"E,(f),
(n
+
1)k
,=0 (3.8)since
IIAII
0(1)(IIA.II
< Mls)
wehaveII/-
A,.,fll _<
Ill- Tll
/IIT
A(T)II
/IIA(T
f)ll
4M16.M1.M17
L
(i
+ 1)k-’E,(f) +
Mls’En(f).
_<S(f)+
(’+I)
’
,=o(3.9)
Cl
)k-1
E(f) <
(n
+
1)
k (i+
1.E(f)
z=O<
(n
+
1)k
z=O (i+
1.E
(f),
combining(3 9)and(3.10)weget
IlY-
A,Yll <_
M15
(n
+
1)/
2-’0 (i+
1)k-l’E,(f).
REMARK1. Letk ENand
An
beasequence oflinearoperators mappingC9.
toC2
Inorderthatforany
f
C2
Ilf
A,fl] <_
Mlo’Cok(f,
)
it issufficient andnecessarythat
Ar
satisfies conditionsIIAnl]
O(1)
and(bk)
(see[6])onpage182Wehave(see[5])inChap.VI,6.11,for
f
C’9.
_1
<
M20
(i
+
1)k-l-E
(y)f"
----,_-o
fromRemark wealso obtain
M21
(n
+
1)
kZ
(i
+ 1)-l*E(f).
t=0Let
f
C’2
and co(f, 6)
be the modulus ofcontinuity off.
Classes of functions Lip(I,M):
(fltol(f, 6) <
M6},andLipl"(
I,.JM>0Lip(1,
M))
LEMMA 3. Let
An
bea sequenceof linear operators mappingC2
toC,,
A,(1, z)
1, iffor.(k-ll
LipIilf
m,,fll
0-
(3.11)thenfor
f
C.
and.(k)
EC2
wehaveM22
(k)
PROOF. If
f
C2.
and()
C2
wehaveif D"
I1:>11
>0,,
?(k-1)lD
Lip(I,1),
from (3.11) we obtainIILD
henceII/-
Anfl[
<_
(n
-+-
1)
’’--’"
(n
+
1)
’
Sequenceof Fej6rmeanr, is saturatedwithorder
(n-i)
and saturation classS(Ln)
:=(f[
e
Lip1},
usingLema3 weobtainthatCrn satisfies(1),
since[[Crn[[
1and Theorem 1,weobtainTheoremAPROBLEM 1. Let
An
beasequenceof linear operatorsmapping C9_ toC2,finding sufficientandnecessaryconditionson
An
such that Timan typeinequality(13)holds 4. APPLICATIONSWe give applications on linear summability method
I,.J,(n)
of Fourier seriesO,I,l(1,:r)
1a(O > 0).
Xz,n
(0
<
< n),
An
t"+1)(e2) (+n)EXAMPLE1.
(C, a)
meansr,Trigub proved[3].
LEMMA4. Leta
>
0andf
eC2,thenTHEOREM2. Leta
>
0andf
C2,then wehave[If- r(f)[[ <
M2a
t
E(f).
(4.1)-n+l
:=0
PROOF. Obviously from TheoremAandLemma4 we obtainTheorem2.
Let
0,,(6)
be a modulus of continuity and0.,(6)> 0(0 <
6_< 7r).
Class of functionsH
(fla,l(f, 6) < (6),
0<
6_<
7r).
Let
w*
(6)
be a modified function of first order ofa;(6)
(see ])Leta,
>
0, b,>
0,a, b,meansthatthere areC4 >
0,Cs
>
0 such thatC4a,<_
b,<_
COROLLARY2. Leta
>
0,wehavesup
Ill
r(f)ll
-
’"
(4.2)fEH 7
Firstly we have
1
t
sup
Ill
r(f)l
-
a, (4.3)feH
n,=
/
()
sup
Ill
r(f)
du (4.4)PROOF. For(4.2)
(a
_>
1)
seeSun[7].
For (4.3)(c
1)
seeDevore [8]onpage227 For (4.4)_> 1)
seeMazharandTotik[9].
UsingLemma4wehave Corollary2.Ste6,kinalso proved(see
[1])
LEMMA5. For
f
and,
C2,wehaveSTEKIN
INEQUALITIESFORSUMMABILITY METHODS COROLLARY3. Leta>
0, forf
and.
EC2
wehaveIlf-
a(f)ll
O(En(f)
+
0,
99
(4 5)
(4 2)and(4 5)answer twoproblemsofSun[7]on
a
(0 <
c< 1)
EXAMPLE2. M Rieszmeans
R(
x’)A.n
A(--)(0
<
<
n),A(u)=
(1-uX)(AE
ll,di>0) Nagy proved that (see [5])in Chap VIII,8
7, problem 13,B G Sunouchi
proved that [6] on page 72,
R(
’) is saturated with order(n
-;)
and the saturation class isS(R(Z.)).
{f
(x-1)
Lip I(, odd)
andf(a-1)
Lip1(A
even)},
using Theorem and Remark weobtain thatfor anyf
M2,
(i
+
1)a-aoE,(f),
(A
IIf-
R()’)Cf)ll
<-
(
/1)x
EXAMPLE3. Operators
Ln
determinedbyconvolution withkernels ofKorovkin(see[8])onpage 107 L, issaturated with order(n
-])
and saturation classS(L,)
(fl
E Lip1},
hencewe obtain Ste6kin typeinequalityEXAMPLE4. NishishirahoandWangSi-Leiproved(see 10])
LEMMA6. Supposethatthereexists asequence
{
Cn
}
of positiverealnumbers convergingtozero, whichsatisfieslim
(1-
A,,,)
n-,
,
K,
and lett=0
where
A2A
,:
2,,+l,n
+
)h+2,n,
andA:
O(i> n)
If,,
6_ thenI,J
is saturated with the order(n
-1)
and saturation classS([.J,)
{fl.
Lip1},
usingTheorem and Lemma3 we obtainStekintypeinequality.
5. POLYNOMIALS OF INTERPOLATIONANDCAO-GONSKA OPERATORS
Let
f(z)C
and(.J*(f,z)
be linearsummability(with A{,,,})
of trigonometric polynomial(i=0,
12n)
[4] [5]. Berman proved [4]and [5] in 87,problemof interpolationonnodes
:
7LEMMA7. Let
K(v)"
+
A,,,
cos/v,flK(v)ldv
O(I),
thenforf
t=l
Mo.
il/-U(/)II
Ill-uT(/)ll
M6llf
TIIEOREM3. Letk Nand
flK(v)ldv
O(1),
and A{A,,}
satisfies(),
then, for y/
eC2
M2
)-1
=0
PROOF. FromLemma7 and Theorem weobtainTheorem3.
Let
f
EC[- 1,1],
the Pi:ugov-Lehnhoffoperators are defined by(/9
arccosx,x[-
1,1],
=1
f
Let
T(x)
cos(
arccosx)
be the i-th Cebygev polynomial, and XT.N0"=cos-f0
7r, 1<
7<
No,theCaoandGonskapolynomialsaredefinedby(see 11])(52)
specifically A 1.narethe Varma-Mills operators(see 11])
LEMMA$. Let
No
> re(n)
+
1andf
IKm()(v)ldv
O(1),
thenfor anyf
6C[- 1,1]
Ms’llf
-a<)(f)llc[_a,l
II/-
Am(n).N0(/)]lC[_l,1]
M9ll:
PROOF. (see[12]).
THEOREM4. Letk
I,
No
> re(n)
+
1, and A(A,.m(n)}
satisfiesflK,,,fn)(v)ldv
O(1)
and(k),
thenfor anyf
C[- 1,1]
M30
(i
+
I)k-I’E,(:)C[_,.
PROOF. Letting
b(t)
f(cost),
using Lemma8and Theorem weobtainTheorem4.ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The author expresses his thanks to Professor Heinz H Gonska from
EuropeanBusiness School, Germany for his support The author would like to thank the referee for
higherhelpfulsuggestionsandcomments.
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