Stechkin's problem for functions of a self-adjoint operator in a Hilbert space, Taikov-type inequalities and their applications

Abstract: In this paper we solve the problem of approximating functionals $(\varphi(A)x, f)$ (where $\varphi(A)$ is some function of self-adjoint operator $A$) on the class of elements of a Hilbert space that is defined with the help of another function $\psi (A)$ of the operator $A$. In addition, we obtain a series of sharp Taikov-type additive inequalities that estimate $|(\varphi(A)x, f)|$ with the help of $| \psi (A)x|$ and $| x|$. We also present several applications of the obtained results. First, we find sharp constants in inequalities of the type used in H${\rm{\ddot{o}}}$rmander theorem on comparison of operators in the case when operators are acting in a Hilbert space and are functions of a self-adjoint operator. As another application we obtain Taikov-type inequalities for functions of the operator $\frac1i \frac {d}{dt}$ in the spaces $L_2(\RR)$ and $L_2(\TT)$, as well as for integrals with respect to spectral measures, defined with the help of classical orthogonal polynomials.