Spline approximate schemes that are exact for polynomials (Q1802601)

The author investigates error representations for global spline approximation methods which are derived from linear systems of equations of the form \(\sum_ j \alpha_ j^{(i)} c_{i+j}= \lambda_ i(f)\) for given coefficients \(\alpha_ j^{(i)}\) and given functionals \(\lambda_ i(f)\) (defined on appropriate function spaces). As an example, he considers a global scheme for quintic splines with uniform step size \(h\). He establishes a uniform norm error estimate of order \(h^ 6\) with an improved constant as compared to a local approximation scheme using quintic splines.