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.References
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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