Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-options-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/p/p3/c/solution

Define the reflected polynomial . It belongs to . Since is odd, a change of variable and the evenness of the weight give
Thus is another polynomial least-squares approximation. By uniqueness, , so
The conclusion includes the zero polynomial, which is both odd and even.

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