Quasipolynomials in a subspace of continuous functions (Q5959508)

The author proves four Müntz-type theorems, where the quasipolynomial coefficients are taken from a given increasing sequence of positive numbers. A sample theorem reads as follows: Let \(\{a_n\}^\infty_1\) and \(\{\lambda_n\}^\infty_1\) be strictly monotonically increasing sequences satisfying the conditions; \[ \lim_{n\to\infty} a_n=\infty,\;a_{n+1}- a_n\leq M,\;\sum^\infty_{n=1} \lambda_n^{-1}= \infty,\;\lim_{n\to\infty} \lambda_n=\infty \] and \(b\in(0,1)\). Then any real-valued continuous function with \(f(0)=0\) can be approximated uniformly on \([0,b]\) by quasipolynomials of the form \(p(x)= \sum^k_{i=1} \pm a_{n_i} x^{\lambda_i}\).