Global approximation by modified Baskakov type operators (Q1915422)

The author states and proves a global direct theorem in simultaneous approximation for a modification of the Baskakov operator, introduced by him in a preceding paper [Approximation Theory Appl. 10, No. 3, 74-78 (1994; Zbl 0823.41021)]: \[ (B_n f)(x)= \sum^\infty_{k= 0} p_{n, k}(x) \int^\infty_0 b_{n, k}(t) f(t)dt, \] where \(x\in [0, \infty)\), \(f\in L_1[0, \infty)\), \[ p_{n, k}(x)= \left({n+ k- 1\atop k}\right) x^k(1+ x)^{- n- k}, \] and \[ b_{n, k}(t)= [B(k+ 1,n)]^{- 1} t^k(1+ t)^{- n- k- 1}, \] \(B(k+ 1, n)\) being the beta function. Because the operator defined by \(B^{(r)}_n f:= (B_n f)^{(r)}\), \(f\in L^r_p[0, \infty)\cup {\mathcal L}_1[0, \infty)\) is not positive, it is introduced the operator \(B_{n, r}\), defined by \(B_{n, r} f\equiv D^r B_n I^r f\), where \(D\) and \(I\) are the differentiation, respectively the integration operators. In terms of the Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness of second-order, the author establishes the estimation \[ |B_{n, r} f- f|_p\leq C\{\omega_\phi^2(f; n^{- 1/2})+ n^{- 1}|f|_p\}, \] where \(f\in L_p[0, \infty)\), \(1\leq p< \infty\), \(n> r+ 5\) and \(C\) is a constant independent of \(n\).