Multiple node splines with boundary conditions: The fundamental theorem of algebra for monosplines and Gaussian quadrature formulae for splines (Q1107759)

Since 1967 several authors investigated zero properties of monosplines and the related problem of the uniqueness of Gaussian quadrature formulae for spline spaces. Let S be a space of splines with multiple knots on [0,1]. In this paper it is shown that under certain assumptions there exists a unique quadrature formula of the form \[ Q(f)=\sum^{p+q}_{i=1}b_ iC_ i(f)+\sum^{s}_{i=1}\sum^{m_ i-1}_{j=0}a_{ij}f^{(j)}(x_ i), \] where \(C_ i(f)=\sum^{n- 1}_{j=0}A_{ij}f^{(j)}(0)\), \(i=1,...,p\), and \(C_{i+p}(f)=\sum^{n-1}_{j=0}B_{ij}f^{(j)}(1),\) \(i=1,...,q\), such that \(Q(s)=\int^{1}_{0}s(x)dx\) for all s in S. As an application the authors prove a so-called fundamental theorem of algebra for monosplines having multiple knots and satisfying boundary conditions.