Uniform approximation with positive linear operators generated by binomial expansions (Q1123327)

Let \(\phi(y)\), \(\phi^{-1}\) be analytic for \(| y| <r\leq \infty\), with \(\phi(y)=\sum^{\infty}_{k=0}a_ ky^ k\) and \(a_ 0>0\), \(a_ 1>0\), \(a_ k\geq 0\), \(k=2,3,...\), and let \(\phi_ n(y)=[\phi(y)]^ n=\sum^{\infty}_{k=0}a_{nk}y^ k\). Knowing that there exists a unique function f such that \(f(0)=0\), f is analytic on a domain D containing the origin, \(f(x)>0\) for \(0<x<b\), some \(b\in (0,\infty]\) and \(f(z)\phi '(f(z))/\phi (f(z))=z\), \(z\in D\), the author considers the linear operator \[ L_ n(h;z)=[\phi_ n(f(z))]^{- 1}\sum^{\infty}_{k=0}a_{nk}(f(z))^{k_ h}(\frac{k}{n}) \] for those h, z for which it exists. Following an idea concerning weighted global approximation [see \textit{M. Becker}: Indiana Univ. Math. J. 27, 127-142 (1978; Zbl 0358.41006)] the author proves, setting \(\phi (y)=(1- ay)^{-a^{-1}}\), \(a>0\), the following theorem on the real line: For \(N=0,1,...,h\in C_ N\), \(x\geq 0\), and \(n=1,2,...\), \[ w_ N(x)| L_ n(h;x)-h(x)| \leq M_{N,a}\omega^ 2_ N(h,(\theta (x)/n)^{1/2}), \] where \(\theta (x)=ax^ 2+x\). Here \(w_ 0(x)=1\), \(w_ N(x)=(1+x^{{\mathbb{N}}})^{-1}\), \(N=1,2,...,C_ n=\{h:\) \(h\in C[0,\infty)\) and \(w_ Nh\) is uniformly continuous and bounded on \([0,\infty)\}\), and \[ \omega^ 2_{{\mathbb{N}}}(h,\delta)=\sup_{0<\lambda \leq \delta}\{\sup_{x\geq 0}w_ N(x)| \Delta^ 2_ hh(x)| \} \] for \(h\in C_ N\), where \(\Delta^ 2_ hh(x)=h(x+2\lambda)-2h(x+\lambda)+h(x),\) \(\lambda >0\). Finally, the author considers a complex plane version by specifying \(\phi\) in two other ways and shows that the corresponding operators \(L_ n\) are approximation processes for analytic functions.