Convex approximation by quadratic splines (Q2366706)

The author estimates the error of approximation by \(C^ 1\)-convex quadratic splines of a given convex function \(f\) without any smoothness requirements on its derivative in terms of \(\omega_ 3(f,{1 \over n})\). Actually, he proves the following main Theorem: Let \(f \in C[0,1]\) be a convex, and \(n\) a positive integer. Then there is a \(C^ 1\) convex quadratic spline \(s\) with at most \(n\) knots in (0,1), such that \(\| f- s \| \leq C \omega_ 3(f,{1 \over n})\) with \(C\) an absolute constant.