Paper 4, Section I, 2F2 F

Topics in Analysis | Part II, 2010

Find explicitly a polynomial pp of degree ⩽3\leqslant 3 such that

sup⁡x∈[−1,1]∣x4−p(x)∣⩽sup⁡x∈[−1,1]∣x4−q(x)∣\sup _{x \in[-1,1]}\left|x^{4}-p(x)\right| \leqslant \sup _{x \in[-1,1]}\left|x^{4}-q(x)\right|

for every polynomial qq of degree ⩽3\leqslant 3. Justify your answer.

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