Order of the best spline approximations of some classes of functions

The rate of decrease of the upper bounds of the best spline approximations E_m,n(f)p with undetermined n nodes in the metric of the space L_p(0, 1) (1p) is studied in a class of functionsf(x) for which f ^m+1 (x)L_q(0, 1)1(1qt8) or var {f(m) (x); 0, 1}1 (m=1, 2, ..., the preceding derivative is assumed absolutely continuous). An exact order of decrease of the mentioned bounds is found as n , and asymptotic formulas are obtained for p= and 1q in the case of an approximation by broken lines (m=1). The simultaneous approximation of the function and its derivatives by spline functions and their appropriate derivatives is also studied.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 31–42, January, 1970.