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The error $e(f)=f^{\prime \prime }(0)-f(-1)+2f(0)-f(1)$ is linear and annihilates all degree-at-most-two polynomials. The Peano kernel theorem with derivative order three givesFor $t\ne 0$, the second derivative of the truncated quadratic at $x=0$ is $1_{\{t<0\}}$. Its values at $x=-1,0,1$ then giveThe value at the single point $t=0$ is irrelevant to the integral. This is the centered second-derivative Peano kernel. Its absolute integral isConsequentlyIts changing sign explains why cubic polynomials also have zero error: their third derivative is constant and ${\int }_{-1}^{1}K=0$. No fourth derivative is needed for the claimed bound.