Order of strong uniqueness in best \(L_ \infty\)-approximation by spline spaces (Q1314838)

Let \(f\) be a function from \(C[a,b]\) which as a unique best approximation \(s(f)\) from \(S_ m\) (= the set of spline functions of degree \(m\) with \(k\) fixed simple knots \(x_ i\) in \((a,b)\), \(i=1,\dots, k\)). Supposing that \(s-s(f)\) with \(s\in S_ m\) satisfies certain additional conditions (flatness of order \(m\) from the left and from the right), the authors determine the order of strong uniqueness at \(f\) with respect to \(S_ m\), i.e., the number \(\gamma\) such that \(\| s-s(f)\|\leq K(f)\delta^ \gamma\) provided \(\| f-s\|\leq \| f-s(f)\|+ \delta\), \(0<\delta\leq 1\), with \(K(f)\) independent of \(s\) and \(\delta\).