A class of operators by means of three-diagonal matrices (Q1331077)

It was shown recently by the second author that it is not possible to characterize the second orders of Lipschitz functions by the rate of convergence for the Kantorovich operators. One method of overcoming this difficulty has been given by \textit{S. M. Mazhar} and \textit{V. Totik} [Acta Sci. Math. 49, 257-269 (1985; Zbl 0611.41013)]. In the present paper the authors introduce a new method of linear approximation by means of matrices enabling them to modify the Kantorovich operators and to overcome the difficulty in extending a Berens-Lorentz result to the Kantorovich operators for second order of smoothness. Direct and inverse theorems for these operators in \(L_ p\), in terms of Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness, are also presented.