grandes-ecoles 2021 Q10
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We assume that $I = [a,b]$ with $a < b$, and that $f$ is of class $\mathcal{C}^{m+1}$ on $I$, where $m \geqslant 1$ is the order of the quadrature formula $I_n(f) = \sum_{j=0}^n \lambda_j f(x_j)$.
For every natural number $m$, consider the function $\varphi_m : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ defined by $$\forall (x,t) \in \mathbb{R}^2, \quad \varphi_m(x,t) = \begin{cases} (x-t)^m & \text{if } x \geqslant t, \\ 0 & \text{if } x < t. \end{cases}$$
Deduce that, if $m \geqslant 1$, $$e(f) = \frac{1}{m!} \int_a^b K_m(t) f^{(m+1)}(t)\,\mathrm{d}t$$ where the function $K_m : [a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is defined by $$\forall t \in [a,b], \quad K_m(t) = e\left(x \mapsto \varphi_m(x,t)\right) = \int_a^b \varphi_m(x,t) w(x)\,\mathrm{d}x - \sum_{j=0}^n \lambda_j \varphi_m(x_j, t).$$ You may use the following admitted result: for every continuous function $g : [a,b]^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, we have $$\int_a^b \left(\int_a^b g(x,t)\,\mathrm{d}t\right)\mathrm{d}x = \int_a^b \left(\int_a^b g(x,t)\,\mathrm{d}x\right)\mathrm{d}t.$$