Some shape-preserving quasi-interpolants to non-uniformly distributed data by MQ-B-splines (Q1764390)

Let \(\phi(x,2k)=(x^2+c^2)^{(2k-1)/2}\), \(\psi_{j,2k}(x)=2^{-1}(x_{j+k}-x_{j-k})[x_{j-k},x_{j-k+1},\ldots,x_{j+k}]_u\Phi(x-u,2k)\), where \([x_j,\ldots,x_{j+m}]_uf\) denotes the divided difference of function \(f\) with respect to \(u\). Let \(\psi_{j,4}\equiv\psi_j\), \(\phi(x,4)\equiv\phi(x)\), \(a=\xi_{-1}<\xi_0<\ldots<\xi_{N+1}=b\), \(\xi_{-3}=\xi_{-2}=\xi_{-1}\), \(\xi_{N+1}=\xi_{N+2}=\xi_{N+3}\) and sequence is extended randomly to be infinite. Operators \(L_k\), \(k=1,2,3,4\) are investigated. For example, \(L_2(f)(x)\) is defined by the formula \[ L_2(f)(x)= \beta_{-1}(x)f(\xi_{-1})+ \gamma_{-1}(x)f'(\xi_{-1})+ \] \[ +\sum_{j=0}^Nf(\xi_j)\psi_j(x)+ \beta_{N+1}(x)f(\xi_{N+1})+ \gamma_{N+1}(x)f'(\xi_{N+1}), x\in\mathbb R, \] where \(\beta_{-1}(x)=\sum^{-1}_{j=-\infty}\psi_j(x)\), \(\beta_{N+1}(x)=\sum^{\infty}_{j=N+1}\psi_j(x)\), \(\gamma_{-1}(x)=\sum_{j=-\infty}^{-1}(\xi_j-\xi_{-1})\psi_j(x)\), \(\gamma_{N+1}(x)=\sum^{\infty}_{j=N+1}(\xi_j-\xi_{-1})\psi_j(x)\). Typical result on approximation is next: If \(f'\in Lip(1)\), then \[ \|f-L_2(f)\|_{\infty}\leq 4^{-1}c^2\|f''\|_{\infty}(1+3c^2/2(x_N-x_0)^2) +8^{-1}h^2\|f''\|_{\infty}. \] Here \(\|f\|_{\infty}\) is considered on \([x_0,x_N]\), \(h\) is a diameter of \(\{x_i\}_{i=-\infty}^{\infty}\). Some shape-preserving properties for \(L_k\) are also established.