Weighted approximation of functions in \(L_p\)-norm by Baskakov-Kantorovich operator (Q2658376)

The approximation of functions in norm of \(L_{p}\left( w\right) =\left\{f:wf\in L_{p}\left[ 0,\infty \right) ,p\in \left[ 1,\infty \right] \right\}\), where \(w(x)=(1+x)^{\alpha},\alpha \in \mathbb{R}\), by the following Kantorovich modifications of the classical Baskakov operator \[ \widetilde{V}_{n}f\left( x\right) =\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}{\binom{n+k-1}{k}}\frac{x^{k}\left( n-1\right)}{\left( 1+x\right) ^{n+k}}\int_{\frac{k}{n-1}}^{\frac{k+1}{n-1}}f\left( u\right) du \] are examined. By defining an appropriate \(K\)-functional the direct inequalities for them are proved.