Paper 1, Section I, H

Topics in Analysis | Part II, 2016

By considering the function Rn+1→R\mathbb{R}^{n+1} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} defined by

R(a0,…,an)=sup⁡t∈[−1,1]∣∑j=0najtj∣R\left(a_{0}, \ldots, a_{n}\right)=\sup _{t \in[-1,1]}\left|\sum_{j=0}^{n} a_{j} t^{j}\right|

or otherwise, show that there exist Kn>0K_{n}>0 and δn>0\delta_{n}>0 such that

Kn∑j=0n∣aj∣⩾sup⁡t∈[−1,1]∣∑j=0najtj∣⩾δn∑j=0n∣aj∣K_{n} \sum_{j=0}^{n}\left|a_{j}\right| \geqslant \sup _{t \in[-1,1]}\left|\sum_{j=0}^{n} a_{j} t^{j}\right| \geqslant \delta_{n} \sum_{j=0}^{n}\left|a_{j}\right|

for all aj∈R,0⩽j⩽na_{j} \in \mathbb{R}, 0 \leqslant j \leqslant n.

Show, quoting carefully any theorems you use, that we must have δn→0\delta_{n} \rightarrow 0 as n→∞n \rightarrow \infty.

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