Lototsky-Schnabl operators on the unit interval (Q1809706)

Let \(\lambda:[0,1]\to[0,1]\) be a continuous function. For \(n\in \mathbb{N}\), the \(n\)th Lototsky-Schnabl operator on \([0,1]\), \(L_{n,\lambda}\), associated with \(\lambda\) is defined by \[ L_{n,\lambda} (f,x):= \int^1_0 \cdots \int^1_0 f\left({x_1+ \cdots +x_n\over n}\right) d\nu_x(x_1) \dots d\nu_x (x_n), \] where \(x\in [0,1]\), \(f\in M:=\) the set of all real bounded functions on \([0,1]\), and the probability measure \(\nu_x\) is the convex linear combination \(\nu_x: =\lambda(x) \varepsilon_x+ (1-\lambda (x))\delta x\), \(\varepsilon_x\) (resp. \(\delta_x)\) being the Bernoulli distribution with parameter \(x\) (resp. the Dirac measure, or unit mass, at \(x)\). On the other hand, we can write \(L_{n,\lambda} (f,x)= \sum^n_{r=0} \sum^r_{h=0} f({h\over n} +(1-{r\over n})x) P_{n,\lambda} (r,h,x)\), where \(P_{n,\lambda} (r,h,x): ={n\choose r} {r\choose h} [\lambda(x)]^r [1-\lambda(x)]^{n-r} x^h(1-x)^{r-h}\), and \[ L_{n,\lambda} (f,x)= \sum^n_{r=0} {n\choose r}[\lambda(x)]^r [1-\lambda (x)]^{n-r} B_r(f_x,r/n,x), \] where \(f_{x,a}(z): =f(az+(1-a)x)\), \(a,x,z\in[0,1]\). The operators \(L_{n, \lambda}\) are one-dimensional versions of Lototsky-Schnabl operators. The authors consider preservation of shape properties, and preservation of global smoothness, and the preservation of classes of functions determined by concave moduli of continuity. Finally, the authors show that the classical Szász-Mirakyan operator is the limit, in an appropriate sense, of the operators \(L_{n,\lambda}\).