Jackson operator estimate 2026-10-06
For , evenness and unit mass reduce the error to an integral of second differences. The Jackson kernel bound and the scaling inequality for the second modulus of smoothness yield . Since the degree is , a degree- estimate uses . For this gives .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 69 3 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Define the second modulus of smoothness by . The Jackson kernel is even, nonnegative and has integral one. Symmetrizing its convolution therefore givesWe first establish the needed scaling rule. For the translation operator , . Squaring gives . Central and forward second differences have the same norm. For every , take and . Taking the supremum over these provesThe zero-step case is immediate.
For , the inequalities , , and implyUse the first estimate on and the second outside it. ThenAll constants are independent of and . Combining these estimates proves the Jackson operator estimateFor , two applications of the fundamental theorem of calculus give the second-difference integral formulafor . Its absolute value is at most , so .
Finally, is a trigonometric polynomial of degree : its sine ratio squared is a Fejér polynomial of degree , and squaring doubles that degree. Thus has degree at most . To bound degree- best approximation, choose , rather than using directly. Since for , the smooth-function approximation rate is
Second-difference integral formula 2026-10-06
For a twice continuously differentiable function and , the fundamental theorem of calculus givesThe nonnegative triangular weight has integral , so its supremum norm estimate directly controls the second modulus of smoothness.