As we know, a solution of an extremal problem with Hermite interpolation constraints
is a system of nodes of corresponding Gaussian Hermite quadrature formula (the so-called
Jacobi approach). But this conclusion is violated for a Birkhoff quadrature formula. In
this paper an extremal problem with Birkhoff interpolation constraints is discussed, from
which a large class of Birkhoff quadrature formulas may be derived.