International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2005 (2005), Issue 11, Pages 1781-1793
doi:10.1155/IJMMS.2005.1781

The case of equality in Landau's problem

G.W. Hagerty1 and P. Nag2

1Department of Mathematics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish 57799-9115, SD, USA
2Department of Mathematics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish 57799-9127, SD, USA

Abstract

Kolmogorov (1949) determined the best possible constant Kn,m for the inequality Mm(f)Kn,mM0(nm)/n(f)Mnm/n(f),  0<m<n, where f is any function with n bounded, piecewise continuous derivative on and Mk(f)=supx|f(k)(x)|. In this paper, we provide a relatively simple proof for the case of equality.