Zur Struktur von Quadraturformeln

Summary Usually the errorR _n (j) of a quadrature formula is estimated with the aid of theL ₁-norm of the Peano kernel. It is shown that this term may be estimated rather sharp using the norm Q _n of the quadrature rule. Then it follows that formulas with non-negative weights are favourable also in the sense of minimizing theL ₁-norm of the kernel. A remainder term of the typeR _n (f)=cf⁽ⁿ⁺¹⁾ () is possible iff the kernel is definite. In the case of an interpolatory formula this definiteness is usually shown by an application of the so-called V-method. We determine the optimal formulas in the sense of this method. Then we analyse the influence of the structure of the mesh on the norm of a formula. We find that on an equidistant mesh withm nodes there exists a rule with a small norm if the order is not greater than .