Approximation of a class of differentiable functions by \({\mathcal L}\)- splines (Q800584)

Let \({\mathcal L}_{n+1}({\mathcal D})={\mathcal D}^{n+1}+a_ n{\mathcal D}^ n+...+a_ 1{\mathcal D}+a_ 0\), \({\mathcal D}=d/dx\) and let \(T=\{t_ 0,t_ 1,...,t_ n\}\) denote the set of zeros of its characteristic polynomial \(p_{n+1}(x)=x^{n+1}+a_ nx^ n+...+a_ 1x+a_ 0\). Let \(\pi_ n(T)=\{y(x): {\mathcal L}_{n+1}({\mathcal D})y=0\}\) and define the space of \({\mathcal L}\)-splines corresponding to the operator \({\mathcal L}_{n+1}({\mathcal D})\) by \(S_ n(T)=\{s_ n(x): s_ n\in C^{n-1}({\mathbb{R}}),\quad s_ n|_{(\nu,\nu +1)}\in\pi_ n(T),\quad\nu \in {\mathbb{Z}}\}.\) Let \(k=\{f: f^{(n)}\in AC,\quad\| {\mathcal L}_{n+1}({\mathcal D})f\|_{L_{\infty}({\mathbb{R}})}\leq 1,\quad f^{(n+1)}(x)=O(e^{\beta| x|})\) as \(x\to\pm \infty\), for some \(0<\beta <\beta_ 0\). For any \(f\in K\), the function \((s_ nf)(x)\) is said to be the interpolational \({\mathcal L}\)-spline corresponding to the operator \({\mathcal L}_{n+1}({\mathcal D})\) if \((s_ nf)(x)\in S(T)\), \((s_ nf)(x)=O(e^{\beta| x|})\) as \(x\to\pm \infty\) for some \(0<\beta <\beta_ 0\) and if \((s_ nf)(\alpha +\nu)=f(\alpha +\nu)(\nu ={\mathbb{Z}})\), where \(\alpha =0\) for n odd and \(\alpha =1/2\) for n even. The author evaluates \(Q({\mathcal L}_{n+1})=\sup_{f\in K}\| f(x)-(s_ nf)(x_{\infty})\|_{L_{\infty}({\mathbb{R}})}\) and \(U({\mathcal L}_{n+1})=\sup_{f\in K}\inf_{s_ n\in S_ n(T)}\| f(x)-s_ n(x)\|_{L_{\infty}({\mathbb{R}})}.\) It happens that \(Q({\mathcal L}_{n+1})=U({\mathcal L}_{n+1})\).