preface
chapter 1 introduction and basic properties
1.1 polynomials and rational functions
1.2 the fundamental theorem of algebra
1.3 zeros of the derivative
chapter 2 some special polynomials
2.1 chebyshev polynomials
2.2 orthogonal functions
2.3 orthogonal polynomials
2.4 polynomials with nonnegative coefficients
chapter 3 chebyshev and descartes systems
3.1 chebyshev systems
3.2 descartes systems
3.3 chebyshev polynomials in chebyshev spaces
3.4 miintz-legendre polynomials
3.5 chebyshev polynomials in rational spaces
chapter 4 denseness questions
4.1 variations on the weierstrass theorem
4.2 miintz''s theorem 4.3 unbounded bernstein inequalities
4.4 miintz rationals
chapter 5 basic inequalities
5.1 classical polynomial inequalities
5.2 markov''s inequality for higher derivatives
5.3 inequalities for norms of factors
chapter 6 inequalities in muntz spaces
6.1 inequalities in mfintz spaces
6.2 nondense miintz spaces
chapter 7 inequalities for rational function spaces
7.1 inequalities for rational function spaces
7.2 inequalities for logarithmic derivatives
appendix a1 algorithms and computational concerns
appendix a2 orthogonality and irrationality
appendix a3 an interpolation theorem
appendix a4 inequalities for generalized polynomials in lp
appendix a5 inequalities for polynomials with constraints
bibliography
notation
index