Weierstrass approximation theorem

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noun Mathematics.

the theorem that for any continuous function on a closed interval, there is a polynomial such that the difference in values of the function and the polynomial at each point in the interval is less in absolute value than some positive number.

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Origin of Weierstrass approximation theorem

Named after K. T. Weierstrass

Words nearby Weierstrass approximation theorem

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How to use Weierstrass approximation theorem in a sentence

The hallucination is visually incoherent, either a rough approximation of text or a random assemblage of letters.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Infinite Monkey Theorem has also landed praise in national publications including Wine Spectator as recently as last year.
Taste Off: Super Bowl State Wines From Colorado and Washington|Jordan Salcito|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few years ago, I attended a party hosted by The Infinite Monkey Theorem.
Taste Off: Super Bowl State Wines From Colorado and Washington|Jordan Salcito|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which is where the performance of Vera Farmiga comes in, with its impressively sly approximation of neurotic spontaneity.
‘Bates Motel’: Ken Tucker Praises Vera Farmiga’s Knife-Sharp Performance|Ken Tucker|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST

This is the closet Bordo comes to a phenomenological approximation of what it was like to be Anne Boleyn.
Why Does Anne Boleyn Obsess Us?|Lauren Elkin|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
History can never be other than an approximation to the truth, even when it relates to the events and characters of its own age.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
There is much reason to question the entire accuracy of these returns, yet there is doubtless an approximation to the truth.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
Let us see what degree of approximation can practically be made to the necessary precision.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
It is not only impossible to do this completely, but even to do so much of it as should constitute a tolerable approximation.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
This, however, is not a question of the method of the social science, but a theorem of the science itself.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill