Weighted $\ell_q$ approximation problems on the ball and on the sphere

Abstract: Let $L_{q,\mu},\, 1\le q&lt;\infty, \ \mu\ge0,$ denote the weighted $L_q$ space with the classical Jacobi weight $w_\mu$ on the ball $\Bbb B<sup>d$. We consider the weighted least $\ell_q$ approximation problem for a given $L_{q,\mu}$-Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund family on $\Bbb B<sup>d$. We obtain the weighted least $\ell_q$ approximation errors for the weighted Sobolev space $W_{q,\mu}<sup>r$, $r&gt;(d+2\mu)/q$, which are order optimal. We also discuss the least squares quadrature induced by an $L_{2,\mu}$-Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund family, and get the quadrature errors for $W_{2,\mu}<sup>r$, $r&gt;(d+2\mu)/2$, which are also order optimal. Meanwhile, we give the corresponding the weighted least $\ell_q$ approximation theorem and the least squares quadrature errors on the sphere.