Following up to the question [raised here][1], I am searching for a reference (or a simple argument) to establish (in the whole space) the following (suggested) equivalence : > Given $N_1$ and $N_2$ two (homogeneous spaces semi-) norms with > scaling exponents $t$ ans $s$ (as in the answer given by @fedja in the > cited post), a convolution operator $f\mapsto f\star \varphi_\delta$ > is exact on polynomials of degree equal to or less than $r=t-s$ if and > only if it satisfies $N_1(f-f\star \varphi_\delta) \lesssim \delta^r > N_2(f)$. For instance, if $\varphi$ has her moments of order $\leq 3$ vanishing, do we have $\|f-f\star\varphi_\delta\|_2 \lesssim \delta^3 \sup_{|\alpha|=3} \|\partial^\alpha f\|_2$ on $H^3(\mathbb{R}^d)$ ? And why, if these moments are not vanishing, such a result is hopeless ? I am quite sure that this result (maybe a bit modified in its statement) should be doable *via* Fourier analysis, however I would very much appreciate a "direct" proof of such an inequality, in the spirit of the ordre $1$ case which is based on $\|f-\tau_\delta f\|_2 \leq \|\nabla f\|_2$, that can be proven by Taylor formula. [1]: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/57410/rate-of-convergence-of-smooth-mollifiers