The <i>q</i>-Bernstein polynomials of the Cauchy kernel with a pole on [0,1] in the case <i>q</i> &gt; 1

Abstract

The problem to describe the Bernstein polynomials of unbounded functions goes back to Lorentz. The aim of this paper is to investigate the convergence properties of the q-Bernstein polynomials B-n,B-q(f; x) of the Cauchy kernel 1/x-alpha with a pole alpha is an element of [0, 1] for q > 1. The previously obtained results allow one to describe these properties when a pole is different from q(-m) for some m is an element of {0, 1, 2, ...}. In this context, the focus of the paper is on the behavior of polynomials B-n,B-q(f; x) for the functions of the form f(m)(x) = 1/(x - q(-m)), x not equal q(-m) and f(m)(q(-m)) = a, a is an element of R. Here, the problem is examined both theoretically and numerically in detail. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.