On Taylor-like Estimates for $L^{2}$ Polynomial Approximations

Abstract: Polynomial series approximations are a central theme in approximation theory. Two types of series, which are featured most prominently in pure and applied mathematics, are Taylor series expansions and expansions derived based on families of $L^{2}-$orthogonal polynomials on bounded intervals. The identity theorem implies that all such series agree on $\mathbb{C}$ in the limit. This motivates an effort to derive properties, which relate the original function to a truncated series based on $L^{2}-$orthogonal polynomial approximation which hold on unbounded intervals. In particular, the Chebyshev series expansion of $e^{x}$ is studied and an algebraic criterion which can be used to confirm bounds analogous to the Taylor series upper and lower bound estimates for $x<0$ is provided. In addition to this, the generalizations to other settings involving different functions and alternative families of $L^{2}$-orthogonal polynomials are discussed.