Weierstrass Approximation Theorems

Event Detail

Event type: Lonseth Lecture
Date/Time: 05/27/2008-16:00   
Location: LaSells Stewart Center

Speaker info

Speaker: John W. Lee

Abstract:
Weierstrass published his celebrated approximation theorems in July of 1885. I will start with brief speculations on the antecedents of Weierstrass' work and move on to a selective survey of results and/or proofs related to Weierstrass' original theorems. The survey will include results and/or proofs of Lebesgue, Landau, de la Vallee Poussin, Bernstein, Korovkin, and Stone, as time permits.