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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 70 3 b Solution by
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The Weierstrass M-test gives uniform convergence and continuity of the series. For the proposed trigonometric polynomial, set and . The tail satisfiesAt , for , the integer is odd for every omitted frequency. Thus and . In particular .
Since , these points include at least consecutive alternating extrema in a single period. Also , so . The trigonometric Chebyshev alternation theorem proves that the proposed partial sum is the unique best approximant, withThis is an instance of positive lacunary trigonometric series: all omitted odd frequency ratios align their extrema.
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