27 Oct
2006
27 Oct
'06
8:24 a.m.
Chebyshev approximation will get exact coefficients for what I think you are specifying. It should be just a few lines of code, rather than Remez algorithm which is certainly more complex. RJF
-----Original Message----- From: R. William Gosper [mailto:rwg@osots.com] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:42 AM To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [math-fun] minimax polynomials
Does anyone know of any references for finding the minimiax polynomial approximation to x^N on some interval that has degree k < N?