Optimal quadrature formulas in the sense of Sard in \(W_2^{(m,m-1)}\) space (Q2017984)

The authors consider quadrature formulas \[ \int_0^1 \varphi(x)\,dx \approx \sum_{j=0}^N C_j\,\varphi(x_j) \] for functions \(\varphi \in W_2^{(m,m-1)}(0,1)\) with \(m\geq 1\), i.e., \(\varphi:\,[0,\,1] \to {\mathbb R}\), \(\varphi^{(m-1)}\) is absolutely continuous, and \(\varphi^{(m)} \in L_2(0,1)\). Minimization of the norm of the corresponding error functional by the coefficients \(C_j\), when the nodes \(x_j\) are fixed, is called Sard's problem. The obtained quadrature formula is the optimal quadrature formula in the sense of Sard. Based on the method of \textit{S. L. Sobolev} [Sov. Math., Dokl. 18, 896--900 (1977); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 235, 34--37 (1977; Zbl 0443.41021)], the authors obtain new optimal quadrature formulas in the sense of Sard for \(N+1 \geq m\). Explicit expressions of the optimal coefficients \(C_j\) are given. For \(m=1\), the norm of the error functional of the optimal quadrature formula in \(W_2^{(1,0)}(0,1)\) is calculated. Note that the error of the optimal quadrature formula in \(W_2^{(1,0)}(0,1)\) is less than the error of the optimal quadrature formula in the Sobolev space \(L_2^{(1)}(0,1)\). Numerical results are given, too.