Abstract
We consider the convergence in the Chebychev norm of an expansion of a function of a real variable in terms of the classical orthogonal polynomials. Particular attention is paid to Fourier-Jacobi series and to the claim of Lanczos (1952) that expansion of a function in a series of Chebychev polynomials is usually superior to expansion in a series of Ultraspherical polynomials, Pn(λ)(x), for any non-zero value of λ.

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