Chebyshev approximation of the null function by an affine combination of complex exponential functions

  • Authors:
  • Paul Armand;Joël Benoist;Elsa Bousquet

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Approximation Theory
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We describe the theoretical solution of an approximation problem that uses a finite weighted sum of complex exponential functions. The problem arises in an optimization model for the design of a telescope array occurring within optical interferometry for direct imaging in astronomy. The problem is to find the optimal weights and the optimal positions of a regularly spaced array of aligned telescopes, so that the resulting interference function approximates the zero function on a given interval. The solution is given by means of Chebyshev polynomials.