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An extended urn model with application to approximation
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Abstract:

Pólya’s urn model from probability theory is extended to obtain a class of approximation operators for which the Weierstrass Approximation Theorem holds.
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Additional Information
  • Fengxin Chen
  • Affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, Texas 78249
  • Email: feng@math.utsa.edu
  • Received by editor(s): March 1, 2003
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 26, 2003
  • Published electronically: November 18, 2003
  • © Copyright 2003 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 356 (2004), 3505-3515
  • MSC (2000): Primary 35L75, 35B40
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03513-X
  • MathSciNet review: 2055744