1.I.2F

Topics in Analysis
Part II, 2008

Let P0,P1,P2,P_{0}, P_{1}, P_{2}, \ldots be non-zero orthogonal polynomials on an interval [a,b][a, b] such that the degree of PjP_{j} is equal to jj for every j=0,1,2,j=0,1,2, \ldots, where the orthogonality is with respect to the inner product <f,g>=abfg<f, g>=\int_{a}^{b} f g. If ff is any continuous function on [a,b][a, b] orthogonal to P0,P1,,Pn1P_{0}, P_{1}, \ldots, P_{n-1} and not identically zero, prove that ff must have at least nn distinct zeros in (a,b)(a, b).