Intermediate error estimates (Q1334776)

Let \(R[f]\) be the remainder of some linear approximation method (e.g. polynomial or spline approximation, numerical integration or differentiation), having estimates of the form \(| R[f ]|\leq \rho_ i\| f^{(i)} \|_{L^ p[a,b]}\), \(i=m,\dots, r\), for some \(m\) and \(r\) with \(0\leq m\leq r-1\). In many cases, \(\rho_ m\) and \(\rho_ r\), are known, but not the intermediate error constants \(\rho_{m+1},\dots,\rho_{r-1}\). For periodic functions, Lingun (1973) has proven that these intermediate error constants can be estimated by \(\rho_ m\) and \(\rho_ r\). In the paper under review it is shown that the estimate of Ligun holds also in the nonperiodic case.