best approximation results provide an approximate solution to the fixed point equation $tx=x$, when the non-self mapping $t$ has no fixed point. in particular, a well-known best approximation theorem, due to fan cite{5}, asserts that if $k$ is a nonempty compact convex subset of a hausdorff locally convex topological vector space $e$ and $t:krightarrow e$ is a continuous mapping, then there exi...

In this paper, we consider the problem of best approximation in e,(n), 1 5 p 5 co. If h,, 1 5 p < co, denotes the best &-approximation of the element h E W " from a proper affine subspace K of W " , h @ K, then limp,1 h p-h* where h; is a best er-approximation of h from K, the i, so-called natural best er-approximation. We prove that, for every T E A, the best &approximations have a Taylor expa...