New Error Bounds for Legendre Approximations of Differentiable Functions

In this paper we present a new perspective on error analysis for Legendre approximations of differentiable functions. We start by introducing a sequence of Legendre–Gauss–Lobatto polynomials and prove their theoretical properties, including an explicit and optimal upper bound. We then apply these properties to derive a new explicit bound for the Legendre coefficients of differentiable functions. Building on this, we establish an explicit and optimal error bound for Legendre approximations in the L2\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$L^2$$\end{document} norm and an explicit and optimal error bound for Legendre approximations in the L∞\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$L^{\infty }$$\end{document} norm under the condition that their maximum error is attained in the interior of the interval. Illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate the sharpness of our new results.