A generalization of Hermite interpolation (Q1380752)

The first author introduced a new kind of trigonometric interpolation at equidistant nodes. This is a generalization of Hermite and Birkhoff interpolation such that symmetric difference of corresponding order with step less than the distance between nodes plays the role of the derivative. An algebraic analogue (for Chebyshev nodes) of the interpolation described above is introduced in the paper under review. Here the difference operator \[ f\leftarrow \frac {f(\cos (\theta _{k}-h/2))-f(\cos (\theta _{k}+h/2))} {h\sin \theta _{k}},\qquad \theta _{k}=\frac {(2k-1)\pi }{2n}, \] plays the role of the derivative at the point \(x_{k}=\cos \theta _{k}.\) The uniqueness of the solution for the corresponding interpolation problem is proved, explicit representations of fundamental polynomials are found, the convergence of interpolation polynomials is investigated.