Geometric Estimates in Interpolation by Linear Functions on a Euclidean Ball

Abstract

Let $B_n$ be the Euclidean unit ball in ${\mathbb R}^n$ given by the inequality $\|x\|\leq 1$, $\|x\|:=\left(\sum\limits_{i=1}^n x_i^2\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}$. By $C(B_n)$ we mean the space of continuous functions $f:B_n\to{\mathbb R}$ with the norm $\|f\|_{C(B_n)} := \max\limits_{x\in B_n}|f(x)|$. The symbol $\Pi_1\left({\mathbb R}^n\right)$ denotes the set of polynomials in $n$ variables of degree $\leq 1$, i.e., the set of linear functions upon ${\mathbb R}^n$. Assume $x^{(1)}, \ldots, x^{(n+1)}$ are the vertices of an $n$-dimensional nondegenerate simplex $S\subset B_n$. The interpolation projector $P:C(B_n)\to \Pi_1({\mathbb R}^n)$ corresponding to $S$ is defined by the equalities $Pf\left(x^{(j)}\right) = f\left(x^{(j)}\right).$ Denote by $\|P\|_{B_n}$ the norm of $P$ as an operator from $C(B_n)$ onto $C(B_n)$. We describe the approach in which $\|P\|_{B_n}$ can be estimated from below via the volume of $S$.