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An extended urn model with application to approximation

Author(s): Fengxin Chen
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 356 (2004), 3505-3515.
MSC (2000): Primary 35L75, 35B40
Posted: November 18, 2003
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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

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03513-X
PII: S 0002-9947(03)03513-X
Received by editor(s): March 1, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 26, 2003
Posted: November 18, 2003
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society


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