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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 70 2 b Solution by
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The integer endpoint hypothesis is important. Let . The floor function gives , while because and are integers. Therefore the rounded Bernstein polynomial satisfiesFor , the successive terms have ratio , so the geometric series estimate givesThe last inequality follows by maximizing at . The same bound holds on by reflection. On , each factor and is at most , giving . ThusHere ; for the difference vanishes. Without the integer endpoint hypothesis the claim would fail: at the error is , independently of .
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