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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 ii Paper 2 12F iii Solution by
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Choose a polynomial with , using part (i). For all sufficiently large , its degree is at most , so . Positive weights summing to one give , and . HenceSince is arbitrary, the quadratures converge to the integral of every continuous . The positivity established in part (ii), not just polynomial exactness on its own, controls the approximation error uniformly in .
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