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7)? 4 cn w(x) d dx n w(x)(1 − x2 )n . Approximations by Polynomials The main result in this section will be the Weierstrass approximation theorem, which will allow us to use polynomials to approximate continuous functions on closed intervals. First, we will introduce some ideas that we will use to prove this important theorem. 4. Approximations by Polynomials 49 ................................................................... Given a function f : [0, 1] → R, we will use Bn (x; f ) to denote a Bernstein polynomial , defined on the closed interval [0, 1] as n def Bn (x; f ) = k=0 n f k k n xk (1 − x)n−k for n = 1, 2, .
3). Taking the inner product of each side with φj , where 0 ≤ j ≤ n, we find γj = 1 φj 2 φn+1 , φj − An xφn , φj , using the orthogonality of B and the linearity of the inner product. 1), we see that the above equation is the same as γj = 1 φj 2 φn+1 , φj − An φn , xφj . Since j = n + 1, the first inner product in the above equation vanishes. Since deg (xφj ) = deg (φj ) + 1 = j + 1, we can use page 43 December 12, 2013 World Scientific Book - 9in x 6in MAIN-SphHarm 44 3. Orthogonal Polynomials ...................................................................
That is, p ξi dξi = 0 . 9) and taking the sum over i, we find p p dx2i i=1 = dr 2 p 2 (ξi ) + r i=1 2 p dξi2 i=1 + 2 r dr ξi dξi . i=1 The left-hand side is the square length d 2p . In the right-hand side, the sum in the third term is zero as explained above. 4. Arc Length in Spherical Coordinates 25 ................................................................... in the first term of the right-hand side is the square length of ξ — that is, 1. The remaining sum is the square length of dξ (scaled by a factor r2 ) which lies completely inside the (p − 1)-sphere.