Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/iii/paper-71/5/solution

Use the central second difference and define the second modulus of smoothness by
We first need its scaling inequality. If is a positive integer, translation by gives the telescoping identity
The weights sum to . For , choose and ; then
The same bound covers trivially.
In the paper's normalization, the Fejér kernel is even and nonnegative, with . Pairing the positive and negative translations expresses the Fejér sum error as
Use the scaling bound and to obtain
For , . Bounding the numerator sine by one gives
The bound at holds by continuity. Choosing proves the Fejér second-modulus approximation bound with an explicit universal constant:
Finally, for twice continuously differentiable periodic , two applications of the fundamental theorem of calculus give the second-difference integral formula
The triangular weight has integral , so . Therefore

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