On a class of extremal problems

Abstract

In the paper we introduce a class of trigonometrical polynomial extremal problems depending on a continuous parameter 0≤r≤1. It turns out that the two border cases r=0 and r=1 are known problems investigated earlier by Kamae, Mendes-France, Ruzsa and the present author. We also introduce another set of extremal problems for measures with similar parametrization, and prove a duality relationship between the two type of extremal quantities. The proof relies on a minimax theorem proved earlier by the author. The known duality results are proved as corollaries.