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How close is the approximation by Bernstein polynomials?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2020

G. J. O. Jameson
G. J. O. Jameson*
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Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF e-mail: g.jameson@lancaster.ac.uk
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A famous theorem of Weierstrass, dating from 1885, states that any continuous function can be uniformly approximated by polynomials on a bounded, closed real interval.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 104 , Issue 561 , November 2020, pp. 482 - 494
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