Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / ia / Paper 2 / 12F / iii / Solution

Because $f$ is continuous on the compact interval $[0,1]$, it is uniformly continuous and bounded; write $|f|\le M$. Given $ϵ>0$, choose $\delta >0$ such thatThenThe bound is independent of $p$. Taking the supremum, then $n\to \infty$, gives a limit superior at most $ϵ$. Since $ϵ$ is arbitrary,This is the Bernstein polynomial proof of the Weierstrass approximation theorem.

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