Sharp estimates of approximation of periodic continuous functions by regular splines (Q1109253)

Let \(C^ k\) be the space of 1-periodic functions which are continuous together with their kth derivatives on the entire number line \((k=0,1,...\); \(C^ 0=C)\) with the norm \(\| f\| =\max_{0\leq x\leq 1}| f(x)|\). On the interval [0,1] we consider the partition \(\Delta_ n=\{x_ i=i/n\}^ n_{i=0}\). We denote by \(R_{n,u}\) the set of regular splines with respect to the partition \(\Delta_ n\), i.e., the set of functions \(S_{n,u}(x)\in C^ 2\), having, on each \([x_ i,x_{i+1}]\) the form \(S_{n,u}(x)=A_ it+B_ i(1-t)+C_ iu(t)+D_ iu(1-t),\) where \(t=(x-x_ i)n,A_ i,B_ i,C_ i,D_ i\) are real coefficients and u(t) is a given function, twice continuously differentiable on [0,1], satisfying the conditions: \(u(0)=u(1)=0\), u''(t) is monotone and has constant sign on [0,1]. Furthermore, it is natural to assume that u''(t)\(\not\equiv const\), otherwise \(R_{n,u}\) would consist of some constant functions. To every function \(f\in C\) we assign its interpolating spline \(S_{n,u}(f,x)\in R_{n,u}\) (if it exists), for which \(S_{n,u}(f,x_ i)=f(x_ i)=^{def}f_ i\) \((i=0,1,...,n)\). In this paper the methods proposed by \textit{A. A. Zhensykbaer}, ibid. 13, No.2, 217-228 (1973; Zbl 0325.41007) are used to obtain estimates of the norm of the deviation \(e_{n,u}(f,x)=S_{n,u}(f,x)-f(x)\), that are sharp on C and on the class \(H_{\omega}\) of functions \(f\in C\) whose modulus of continuity \(\omega\) (f,t) does not exceed a given convex modulus of continuity \(\omega\) (t).