Polynomial meshes on algebraic sets

Polynomial meshes (called sometimes 'norming sets') allow us to estimate the supremum norm of polynomials on a fixed compact set by the norm on its discrete subset. We give a general construction of polynomial weakly admissible meshes on compact subsets of arbitrary algebraic hypersurfaces in CN+1. They are preimages by a projection of meshes on compacts in CN. The meshes constructed in this way are optimal in some cases. Our method can be useful also for certain algebraic sets of codimension greater than one. To illustrate applications of the obtained theorems, we first give a few examples and finally report some numerical results. In particular, we present numerical tests (implemented in Matlab), concerning the use of such optimal polynomial meshes for interpolation and least-squares approximation, as well as for the evaluation of the corresponding Lebesgue constants.