The remainder in the approximation by a generalized Bernstein operator: A representation by a convex combination of second-order divided differences (Q1272808)

The author returns to a generalization of the Bernstein polynomials \(S_{m,r,s}f\), which he introduced in 1984 [Math., Rev. Anal. Numér. Theor. Approximation, Math. 26(49), 153-157 (1984; Zbl 0562.41016)], and obtains a representation of the remainder \(R_{m,r,s}f:= f-S_{m,r,s}f\), by means of combinations of second order divided differences of \(f\). Among the immidiate consequences of such a representation is that \(S_{m,r,s}f\) monotonically decreases to \(f\) whenever \(f\) is convex.