Approximation and error estimation by modified Păltănea operators associating Gould-Hopper polynomials (Q2317610)

Several generalizations of the classical Szász-Mirakjan operators are known in the literature. They involve Appell, Brenke, Laguerre, and other polynomials; a brief survey is presented in the Introduction of this paper. Special attention is paid to the Gould-Hopper polynomials. Using them, a sequence of Szász-Mirakjan type operators introduced by Paltanea in 2008 is modified. The authors obtain approximation properties of the new operators by means of Korovkin type theorems and examine convergence properties in terms of the modulus of continuity, the second order modulus of smoothness and Peetre's \(K\)-functional. A Voronovskaja type result and the rate of pointwise convergence for functions with derivatives of bounded variation are established. The weighted modulus of continuity is used to study the approximation in weighted spaces of functions on the positive semi-axis. Graphical illustrations of the results are presented.