Jump to content

Favard constant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In mathematics, the Favard constant, also called the Akhiezer–Krein–Favard constant, of order r is defined as

This constant is named after the French mathematician Jean Favard, and after the Soviet mathematicians Naum Akhiezer and Mark Krein.

Particular values

[edit]

Uses

[edit]

This constant is used in solutions of several extremal problems, for example

References

[edit]
  • Weisstein, Eric W. "Favard Constants". MathWorld.