Lagrange and least-squares polynomials as limits of linear combinations of iterates of Bernstein and Durrmeyer polynomials (Q1890567)

For fixed \(n\) the papers discusses the limit as \(M\to \infty\) of the iterates \(\{1- (1- P_ n)^ M\}\), where \(P_ n\) is either the \(n\)th Bernstein operator \(B_ n\), or the \(n\)th Durrmeyer operator \(D_ n\). It is proved that for each function \(f\) defined on \([0, 1]\), the uniform limit as \(M\to \infty\) of \([1- (1- B_ n)^ M](f)\) is the Lagrange polynomial interpolating \(f\) at the points \(0, 1/n,\dots, n/n\); and that for \(f\in L[0, 1]\), the uniform limit as \(M\to \infty\) of \([1- (1- D_ n)^ M](f)\) is the polynomial \(g\) of degree \(n\) such that \(g- f\) is orthogonal to all polynomials of degree \(\leq n\). In other words, for \(f\in L_ 2[0, 1]\), \(g\) is its least square approximant.