HOW DO SINGULARITIES OF FUNCTIONS AFFECT THE CONVERGENCE OF <i>q</i>-BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIALS?

Abstract

In this article, the approximation of functions with a singularity at alpha is an element of (0, 1) by the q-Bernstein polynomials for q > 1 has been studied. Unlike the situation when alpha is an element of (0, 1) \ {q(-j)} j is an element of N, in the case when alpha = q(-m), m is an element of N, the type of singularity has a decisive effect on the set where a function can be approximated. In the latter event, depending on the types of singularities, three classes of functions have been examined, and it has been found that the possibility of approximation varies considerably for these classes.