<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">APM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Advances in Pure Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2160-0368</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/apm.2013.35069</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">APM-35429</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Best Simultaneous Approximation of Finite Set in Inner Product Space
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>ied</surname><given-names>Hossein Akbarzadeh</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mahdi</surname><given-names>Iranmanesh</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Department of Mathematical Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>Akbarzade.s.h@gmail.com(IHA)</email>;<email>m.iranmanesh2012@gmail.com(MI)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>23</day><month>07</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>03</volume><issue>05</issue><fpage>479</fpage><lpage>481</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>May</day>	<month>12,</month>	<year>2013</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>June</day>	<month>13,</month>	<year>2013</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>July</day>	<month>15,</month>	<year>2013</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
   In this paper, we find a way to give best simultaneous approximation of n arbitrary points in convex sets. First, we introduce a special hyperplane which is based on those n points. Then by using this hyperplane, we define best approximation of each point and achieve our purpose. 
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Best Approximation; Hyperplane; Best Simultaneous Approximation</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>As we known‎, ‎best approximation theory has many applications‎. ‎One of the best results is best simultaneous approximation of a bounded set‎ ‎but this target cannot be achieved easily. Frank Deutsch in [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.35429-ref1">1</xref>] defined hyperplanes and gave the best approximation of a point in convex sets‎.</p><p>‎In [3,4] we can see that a hyperplane of an n-dimensional space is a flat subset with dimension<img src="7-5300481\1d20558f-b619-443e-9353-85983fac3424.jpg" />.</p><p>‎In this paper we try to find best simultaneous approximation of n arbitrary points in convex sets‎.‎ We say theorems of best approximation of a point in convex sets‎.</p><p>‎Then we give the method of finding best simultaneous approximation of n points in convex set‎.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Preliminary Notes</title><p>In this paper, we consider that X is a real inner product space‎. ‎For a nonempty subset W of X ‎and <img src="7-5300481\eff6e8a6-0f73-43da-a39b-0dae86e23157.jpg" />‎, define</p><p><img src="7-5300481\f03c44fb-20c9-4f9c-bb33-11496da6c101.jpg" />.</p><p>‎Recall that a point <img src="7-5300481\087d1409-4d5f-4833-a1cb-1f3c845ab566.jpg" /> is a best approximation‎ ‎of <img src="7-5300481\c2f182ac-2892-4147-a184-14d7d16cfd6a.jpg" /> if <img src="7-5300481\0d124556-088e-4e47-b9fb-1149521861c3.jpg" /></p><p>‎If each <img src="7-5300481\9fe46795-14c8-4134-8ac6-fdb4d7710fb6.jpg" /> has at least one best approximation <img src="7-5300481\396a5ffa-558f-4c68-998a-b27021cba7e5.jpg" />‎, ‎then W is called‎ ‎proximinal‎.</p><p>‎We‎ ‎denote by <img src="7-5300481\571b30b5-2535-45ef-a63a-03d0066fb382.jpg" />‎, ‎the set of all best approximations‎ ‎of x in W. Therefore</p><p><img src="7-5300481\a4a0d34d-8f6e-48b4-8249-11fb59d1ca86.jpg" /></p><p>‎It is well-known that <img src="7-5300481\c8b3cf5a-707f-4d85-8eac-e0741376827e.jpg" /> is‎ ‎a closed and bounded subset of X. If<img src="7-5300481\929425e8-c720-4e8a-9d1d-017dd4d6d819.jpg" />, then‎ <img src="7-5300481\544f0488-fe3a-40f1-a030-a3710d3f31f9.jpg" /> is located in the boundary of W.</p><p>‎In 2.4 lemma of [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.35429-ref1">1</xref>] we can see that‎ ‎if K be a convex subset of X. Then each <img src="7-5300481\fe90ed79-f3f4-4f70-b33f-13da118ed3a7.jpg" /> has at most one best approximation in K.</p><p>‎In particular‎, ‎every closed convex subset K of a Hilbert space X has a unique best approximation in‎ K.</p><p>‎Also in 4.1 lemma of [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.35429-ref1">1</xref>] if‎‎ K be a convex set and<img src="7-5300481\8c169b69-6b80-4442-953c-dc9f2c218fc6.jpg" />, ‎<img src="7-5300481\69c89e7b-1236-43a0-bff4-de195dd033c2.jpg" />. ‎Then <img src="7-5300481\4025e1a0-37b6-49b5-b3f2-09b9c7211bb0.jpg" /> if and only if</p><p><img src="7-5300481\d11dd8ac-7c01-4a43-8864-4b002b19fa81.jpg" /></p><p>‎For a nonempty subset W of X and a nonempty bounded set S in X, define</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\5accb65b-53dc-4144-8e3a-5276865c9885.jpg" /></p><p>and‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\df61ac50-407c-438c-b4cd-df385756a294.jpg" /></p><p>‎Each element in <img src="7-5300481\ad97205f-f686-4d10-b5be-a649218086c6.jpg" /> (If<img src="7-5300481\5d82d1c3-a1af-4906-ad26-1d99653db856.jpg" />) is called a best simultaneous approximation‎ ‎to S from W (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.35429-ref2">2</xref>] Preliminary Notes).</p><p>‎For <img src="7-5300481\1d56cd86-59d5-42c5-b93d-614fee3db31b.jpg" /> and <img src="7-5300481\38fc1315-7964-4f5e-83d0-af617225468e.jpg" /> hyperplane H in X defined by‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\41973b82-9b45-4540-b75e-3ff59ebceec4.jpg" /> ‎</p><p>and we denote H by<img src="7-5300481\9774f4f8-4f58-47a0-b1f0-d603b5e5da3f.jpg" />.</p><p>‎The Kernel of a functional f is the set‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\d28b5415-71cb-4eea-b2c2-cc2055225f3d.jpg" />‎</p><p>and for‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\1a1ad375-134a-4fb9-ac8c-960220676775.jpg" />‎we say that <img src="7-5300481\b6415d1c-3ae2-4330-8065-4141ef29d15e.jpg" /> is in the below of hyperplane H, ‎if <img src="7-5300481\79cf9fc9-794b-4f4c-9282-9f9930c73677.jpg" />‎.</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Best simultaneous Approximation in Convex Sets</title><p>In this section‎,‎we consider</p><p><img src="7-5300481\ae5098df-a14c-4014-8975-08f7e1e121d2.jpg" /></p><p>and‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\4bfc2ecf-3535-49ad-9d7d-db0a51ad2f0e.jpg" /></p><p>Define</p><disp-formula id="scirp.35429-formula134333"><label>(1.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="7-5300481\e69d94f2-94f0-47e1-b15d-0bffc03121e6.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Lemma 3.1. ‎Let <img src="7-5300481\9368ca7d-d6d4-45d3-be4a-614c22711312.jpg" /> consider the hyperplane <img src="7-5300481\0493bf48-ed18-4eaf-9fb6-0bbc97d30b2f.jpg" /> then</p><p><img src="7-5300481\c3cb3bce-c269-4008-b3c8-b0361b04950f.jpg" />‎</p><p>Proof. ‎Give <img src="7-5300481\92897b59-f3f6-4482-a282-febf9211837d.jpg" /> so we have‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\8540e77a-6719-44ed-8178-21b4be5de38a.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\8b29ef65-ceba-467a-b930-01aa7ab5f64a.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\229bcaa3-2b3c-4320-98af-8aa349eee43b.jpg" /></p><p>So by adding <img src="7-5300481\69163f8e-2cc0-444e-be2e-d0ed8345753b.jpg" /> with equation of above‎, ‎we have</p><p><img src="7-5300481\22e32bfb-41af-452f-8aa8-72653c31a174.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\58ee4d47-dfb5-4ade-a71c-28bf1bfe7e5a.jpg" /></p><p>Therefore have</p><p><img src="7-5300481\1b734b8d-9918-43a2-8446-71cc4b8eb7e7.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\071991d2-52bb-4e1e-95f2-23ed19802c6f.jpg" />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; ■</p><p>Note 3.2. ‎It is obvious that <img src="7-5300481\096ae60e-200a-45fe-9733-57089326cc87.jpg" />‎. Now let <img src="7-5300481\c06082ed-b7e8-47c1-8c6f-e2bb8ad0ccc1.jpg" />‎, ‎so there exist <img src="7-5300481\2aeaa422-caab-426d-91e2-5562df016daf.jpg" /> such that <img src="7-5300481\3233ab21-2ff3-47ac-af91-19e828f70660.jpg" /> <img src="7-5300481\0ceb7207-f43b-4071-932e-9d9ddff696b4.jpg" /> for all <img src="7-5300481\3cc8b0c6-910f-4961-8bca-70ca08fb728c.jpg" /></p><p>Thus <img src="7-5300481\b6863ad8-e237-469f-afd4-e6231c5ecfde.jpg" />‎, ‎therefore w will be in W<sub>i</sub>‎,‎ that we conclude</p><p><img src="7-5300481\680ebd87-6aba-4456-8ed4-4b7a3cac2438.jpg" /></p><p>Theorem 3.3. Let <img src="7-5300481\a17ef79f-3259-42b4-8d7b-151da7525e42.jpg" /> then:</p><p>1) <img src="7-5300481\9b89e1c5-b65a-4108-bfa0-80b600d45a71.jpg" /></p><p>2) If W be a convex subset of X, ‎then W<sub>i</sub> is a convex set.</p><p>3) If W be a closed set‎, ‎then W<sub>i</sub> ‎‎is a closed set‎.</p><p>Proof. ‎1) Let <img src="7-5300481\ca31a11b-2555-4aba-b61f-bb7be9d929d1.jpg" /> ‎‎therefore</p><p><img src="7-5300481\a592b82f-ec91-4073-9b85-fd018caa063d.jpg" />so ‎‎<img src="7-5300481\49e36f2f-09b3-45f6-afa4-2e18bbcd569d.jpg" /> then we have‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\b1f8dc77-5598-46b4-9021-02c118e2e63c.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\3a306afa-bdb1-4129-8f97-4fbfaf052e71.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\de12bfb1-ccdd-437f-b1f2-b1f746106ced.jpg" /></p><p>so by adding <img src="7-5300481\581104c5-c7ce-4bce-a077-9bc349949bb0.jpg" /> with equation of above‎,‎ we have‎‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\e6594962-9ba9-49fa-b216-ce392148dac3.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\7f3462c1-23dc-4065-a7e4-c9bd04ead66b.jpg" /></p><p>therefore we have‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\462c3d5b-ca18-4eb8-843b-17575a615820.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\c96ac646-6bec-4e3f-ae69-9be2c12ea7e9.jpg" />.</p><p>Thus we have</p><p><img src="7-5300481\bbfc2e2c-ed35-469a-8d9e-fa671b5c33fa.jpg" /></p><p><img src="7-5300481\7abf4f7e-fffc-4d72-941d-f100f09609c6.jpg" />‎.</p><p>Therefore<img src="7-5300481\20f4f5ae-2393-407d-b9f9-d1003da574c1.jpg" />.</p><p>‎Since all previous steps will be reversible‎, ‎so for any <img src="7-5300481\bce577e8-ce83-4929-b9a6-dcc928db995c.jpg" /> in a fixed i‎, we have ‎‎<img src="7-5300481\8ffbde7d-d038-4bfc-91c7-070c737eab2a.jpg" /> ‎that consider‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\fcfb325b-e76c-412f-ba32-f08f25d34114.jpg" />‎</p><p>thus we have‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\8e040794-96a4-49b3-899c-5da1a96846e5.jpg" /></p><p>so‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\51a4b7f9-0837-4b0d-ac8b-a980321e7a23.jpg" /> ‎</p><p>therefore‎</p><p>‎‎<img src="7-5300481\c5952b78-98f9-4817-a05d-bb90c7fe21dc.jpg" /></p><p>and finally‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\968fd0a2-209c-4f9f-8f25-cd34fb85da67.jpg" />.</p><p>‎2) First we proof <img src="7-5300481\65e062d6-fc3c-40cf-a19a-2c7e70b1fb57.jpg" />‎, ‎for all <img src="7-5300481\0da202c1-8a04-426e-9746-7bd7cb91e21f.jpg" /> is convex set.</p><p>‎Give <img src="7-5300481\e8df059a-41e9-43e8-828e-c8bbba15f83c.jpg" /> and <img src="7-5300481\f2326f07-9e7e-42ad-a6e1-12cc9aa95817.jpg" />‎, ‎set‎‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\0398e1af-39af-43f2-b155-69af944f67d9.jpg" /></p><p>thus we have‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\428a91d4-de28-46d9-81c8-4b772cf37e6b.jpg" />‎</p><p>So <img src="7-5300481\932cf3fa-9139-4a41-b8d4-1de5a3cc26c5.jpg" />‎.‎ Thus <img src="7-5300481\5357d131-1861-45de-b807-71f7f32289ba.jpg" /> is convex set and since intersection ‎of any convex set is convex‎, ‎therefore W<sub>i</sub> is convex set.</p><p>‎3) It is obviously that f is continuous function and we know‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\2d811efd-94f8-4477-a687-6fe2ccc3d5b3.jpg" />‎.</p><p>‎So‎, ‎<img src="7-5300481\7d925a8b-e454-4047-ab7e-28cc3c12da9c.jpg" /> is closed set‎, ‎this implies W<sub>i</sub> ‎‎is closed set‎. &#160;&#160;■</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Algorithm</title><p>The following theorem states that to find best simultaneous approximation of a bounded set‎ S ‎‎of‎ W‎, ‎it is enough to obtain the best approximation to any‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\0a64b941-3d14-485b-90a3-1bd52e0558fe.jpg" />‎.</p><p>‎Thus <img src="7-5300481\a5d9c144-6820-4828-ac7a-10431191a65d.jpg" /> would be the best simultaneous approximation of S ‎from W‎ if‎ <img src="7-5300481\2b65dfb6-95c2-46bf-bba1-4e3409115b7a.jpg" /> ‎is minimal‎.</p><p>Theorem 4.1. If W be a convex subset of X and there exist <img src="7-5300481\f53b2386-8ce8-4134-937b-6f327a4aa865.jpg" /> for all <img src="7-5300481\98b2e835-da9c-4701-8acb-57859ebdc68a.jpg" />‎, ‎then‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\f7f035a0-db06-4ab6-9d41-b924bc67984f.jpg" /></p><p>‎‎Proof. ‎With attention of best simultaneous approximation and‎ (3.2) notation‎, we have‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\ce1a5347-de3f-419b-9998-9ed6a9608dd2.jpg" /></p><p>but according to the definition of‎‎ W<sub>i</sub> ‎we have‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\d8e8b17d-fa08-4011-b1a9-87c94a417c3b.jpg" /></p><p>thus the above equation can be written as follows‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\29a890fd-b494-42ff-92f7-c7bdc9a5116c.jpg" /></p><p>and since exist‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\0289c3a1-101c-4f3f-bdac-dd9ea93c915a.jpg" /></p><p>so we have‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\b6550aa5-51ac-469a-9bd1-37c0ccbe2e55.jpg" />&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;■</p><p>‎Corollary 4.2. ‎With the assumptions of the previous theorem there exist i, ‎such that <img src="7-5300481\3f2380b1-50ed-402a-b739-b118f22d2a63.jpg" /> is‎ best simultaneous approximation of S in W.</p><p>Proof. ‎With attention previous theorem‎, there exist‎ ‎<img src="7-5300481\900df254-9450-40f1-aa07-98ab12596ee2.jpg" /> ‎such that‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\f2f1801c-ce2b-4fe9-9fd0-eca016e1ceed.jpg" /></p><p>and by the definition of‎ <img src="7-5300481\c76ccb51-ea89-48d6-9233-390b548039a2.jpg" /> ‎‎we have‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\7a49016f-84ac-4d5b-a3be-8c378480b02b.jpg" /></p><p>‎‎after according to the above equation and define the best simultaneous approximation of the relationship will‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\3be12aea-b0fc-4fd7-92a1-ab2273f16c76.jpg" /></p><p>‎However‎, ‎the algorithm with assumes a convex set‎ ‎W ‎‎and‎‎ <img src="7-5300481\dc6eaed2-ae68-4d11-9e56-2d2d96631872.jpg" /> ‎introduce the following.</p><p>‎With attention 3.1 lemma for points‎‎ x<sub>1</sub>, x<sub>2</sub> ‎‎the hyperplane‎ <img src="7-5300481\a7de615d-9197-4909-80a3-c73243b55edb.jpg" /> ‎‎are possible to obtain‎, ‎by 3.4 definition the points‎ ‎W in below‎ H<sub>12</sub><sub>‎</sub> ‎are‎‎ V<sub>12</sub><sub>‎</sub>‎ called‎.</p><p>‎Also for points‎‎ x<sub>1</sub>, x<sub>3</sub> the hyperplane‎</p><p>‎<img src="7-5300481\21ee5371-9254-42ac-abf1-98a8663098f2.jpg" /></p><p>‎are formed and the points of‎‎ W ‎‎in below H<sub>13</sub><sub>‎</sub> ‎are‎‎ V<sub>13</sub> called and so we do order to the points‎‎ x<sub>1</sub>, x<sub>n</sub>.</p><p>‎By taking subscribe of any‎‎<img src="7-5300481\aff750ed-c750-496a-ad96-5f683dcdb6c8.jpg" />, ‎find‎‎ W<sub>1</sub> ‎that this set is convex (by Theorem 3.3, 2).</p><p>‎Therefore‎, ‎if best approximation‎ x<sub>1</sub>‎ exists in this set‎, ‎it is called‎ <img src="7-5300481\0380d222-e1ad-4c3e-a1a7-957a0871cc70.jpg" />‎.‎ Thus obtain <img src="7-5300481\35377634-ecf1-463b-a15c-ba8f4ae3a61c.jpg" /> ‎for any‎‎</p><p><img src="7-5300481\88cd3b09-cff2-47b3-989d-8f198f5abfe0.jpg" />‎.</p><p>‎Finally‎, ‎the point‎ <img src="7-5300481\b313ea28-654b-47ae-b482-fd7ab69b4856.jpg" />‎ which has minimal distance to‎‎ x<sub>i</sub>, ‎is‎ the best simultaneous approximation of‎‎ S ‎in‎ W.</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>REFERENCES</title></sec></body><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="scirp.35429-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">F.Deutsch, “Best Approximation in Inner Product Spaces,”Springer, Berlin, 2001.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.35429-ref2"><label>2</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">D.Fang,X.Luo and Chong Li, “Nonlinear Simultaneous Approximation in Complete Lattice Banach Spaces,”Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics, 2008.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.35429-ref3"><label>3</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">W. 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