for 0 ≤ r ≤ k − 1. In particular, dist (f, S π) = O(|π| ) for f ∈ C(I), or, more generally, for f ∈ C(I), such, that f (k−1) satisfies a Lipschitz condition, a result proved earlier by different means [2]. These results are shown to be true even if I is permitted to become infinite and some of the knots are permitted to coalesce. The argument is based on a “local” interpolation scheme Pπ by spl...