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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ii Paper 2 2I Solution by
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To prove convergence of positive quadrature on continuous functions, for a continuous , the Weierstrass approximation theorem supplies a polynomial with . For every sufficiently large , the Gaussian quadrature rule is exact for this fixed polynomial. Positivity of its weights and their sum then giveSince is arbitrary, . Notice that no differentiability of is needed; uniform polynomial approximation and positivity provide the whole argument.
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