Optimal approximants and orthogonal polynomials in several variables II: Families of polynomials in the unit ball

Abstract

We obtain closed expressions for weighted orthogonal polynomials and optimal approximants associated with the function f ( z ) = 1 − 1 2 ( z 1 + z 2 ) f(z)=1-\frac {1}{\sqrt {2}}(z_1+z_2) and a scale of Hilbert function spaces in the unit 2 2 -ball having reproducing kernel ( 1 − ⟨ z , w ⟩ ) − γ (1-\langle z,w\rangle )^{-\gamma } , γ > 0 \gamma >0 . Our arguments are elementary but do not rely on reduction to the one-dimensional case.