Paper 2, Section I, F

Topics in Analysis | Part II, 2010

(a) State the Weierstrass approximation theorem concerning continuous real functions on the closed interval [0,1][0,1].

(b) Let f:[0,1]Rf:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be continuous.

(i) If 01f(x)xndx=0\int_{0}^{1} f(x) x^{n} d x=0 for each n=0,1,2,n=0,1,2, \ldots, prove that ff is the zero function.

(ii) If we only assume that 01f(x)x2ndx=0\int_{0}^{1} f(x) x^{2 n} d x=0 for each n=0,1,2,n=0,1,2, \ldots, prove that it still follows that ff is the zero function.

[If you use the Stone-Weierstrass theorem, you must prove it.]

(iii) If we only assume that 01f(x)x2n+1dx=0\int_{0}^{1} f(x) x^{2 n+1} d x=0 for each n=0,1,2,n=0,1,2, \ldots, does it still follow that ff is the zero function? Justify your answer.

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