On optimal recovery in $L_2$

Abstract: We prove that the optimal error of recovery in the $L_2$ norm of functions from a class $\bF$ can be bounded above by the value of the Kolmogorov width of $\bF$ in the uniform norm. We demonstrate on a number of examples of $\bF$ from classes of functions with mixed smoothness that the obtained inequality provides a powerful tool for estimating errors of optimal recovery.