Extremal polynomials for the Rogosinski--Szegő estimates of the third coefficient of nonnegative sine polynomials

Abstract

In the class of normalized sine-polynomials $S(t),$ non-negative on $[0,π],$ W.Rogosinski and G.Szegő 1950 considered a number of extremal problems and proved, among other things, sharp upper and lower estimates for the coefficient $a_3.$ Their proof is based on the Lukács representation of non-negative algebraic polynomials. This method does not lead to the construction of polynomials attaining the extreme values. We consider the corresponding problem in the framework of normalized typically real polynomials $P(z)$ on the unit disc in $\mathbb C.$ By L.Fejér's method with the additional use of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind and their derivatives, we regain the sharp upper and lower estimates for $a_3$ and identify the extremal polynomials. The corresponding statements for sine polynomials follow by the observation $S(t)=\text{Im}\{P(e^{it})\}$. For odd $N$ the extremizers are unique, for even $N$ there is a one-parameter family of extremizers.