Abstract
In this paper, we primarily use Stancu variants of Kantorovich-type operators to investigate the convergence and other associated properties of new Szász–Mirakjan operators. We compute the moments and central moments of the new Szász–Mirakjan operators by q-integers and propose their modified Kantorovich form. More specifically, we examine the convergence characteristics in the space of continuous functions. With the use of the modulus of continuity and the integral modulus of continuity, we determine the degree of convergence. Additionally, we obtain the Voronovskaja type theorems. To validate convergence, we conclude with a numerical example and graphical illustration of the operator sequences.
Keywords:
Szász–Mirakjan operators; q-integrals; Korovkin’s theorem; modulus of continuity; Peetre’s K-functional; approximation algorithms; Voronovskaja-type theorem; mathematical operators MSC:
41A25; 41A36; 33C45
1. Introduction and Basic Definitions
By presenting the Bernstein polynomials in 1912, S. N. Bernstein provided a brief and straightforward demonstration of the Weierstrass approximation theorem [1]. These operators can only be applied to bounded intervals on . In 1950, Szász introduced another form of positive linear operators to approximate a class of functions over the unbounded interval , known as the Szász–Mirakjan operators. Lupaş [2] and Phillips [3] introduced the q-analogue of Bernstein polynomials independently. Since then, the q-calculus has been used to study and generalize a number of polynomials. Thus, for all and , the famous Bernstein operators are given by
where (set of natural numbers) and are the Bernstein polynomials of degree at most defined by
and
It is very easy to verify the recursive relation for the Bernstein basis function given by
The q-calculus proved to be a highly useful tool and a useful bridge between mathematics and physics. Here, we go over a few key words and symbols associated with the q-calculus. It is easy to find the fundamental characteristics and qualities of q-integers (see [4,5]). The q-integers for any , (we denote over the article). The binomial coefficient for q-integers is given by for each and , . The q-exponential function and . For any , the q-binomial polynomial is given by , and if , then .
Following the Bernstein analysis, the Bernstein operators rapidly extended and have subsequently undergone further expansions aimed at approximating functions. The Szász–Mirakjan operators were given the following new generalized Kantorovich variation for any and f be continuous in by [6]:
Definition 1
([4,5]). The definition of the q-Jackson integral from 0 to is
The more generic q-Jackson integral on interval , however, is provided by
From Lemma 2.1, [7], for any and , we have the new form of Szász operators denoted as such that
and for the test function , operators have the following properties:
2. New Operators and Basic Moments
In this section, we give an extension of the operators [7] using the Stancu-type form of Kantorovich operators. These extensions allow for a broader application of the operators in various mathematical contexts, enhancing their utility in approximation theory. By exploring the properties of these Stancu-type modifications, we can gain deeper insights into their convergence behavior and efficiency. We generalize the operators (4) in the Kantorovich meaning of the Stancu form in the q-integral Jackson formula. In the interval , the mean values of f are substituted by use the sample values are . We refer to [8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19] for Kantorovich type operators. We establish a new Szász–Kantorovich in a generalized form of the Stancu type, based on the basic definitions of q-integers . Furthermore, we explore various convergence results and provide examples that lead to flexibility in approximation theory. Let we denote here, by . Thus, we take for and with . For all and we define the operators as follows:
where is the set of positive numbers, is the set of real numbers and set of all continuous function defined on . While the new variant of classical new Szász–Kantorovich-type operator of order one based on q-integers can be represented as:
Lemma 1.
Proof.
It is evident from the q-Jackson integral that we have
where , and . Thus, we take into account the and get
and
Thus we complete the required results of Lemma 1. □
Corollary 1.
Let us denote the function by for any , then the central moments of order one and two for the operators can be represented by:
Corollary 2.
The central moments of order four for the operators are written as follows:
3. Convergence in Weighted Space
We recall the weighted spaces of the functions on , in accordance with Gadžiev’s [20], and further circumstances under which the corresponding theorem of P. P. Korovkin applies for such a kind of functions. Let be a continuous and strictly increasing function and , . Let be a set of functions defined on and satisfying
where is a constant depending only on f. Its subset of continuous functions will be denoted by , i.e., . It is well known (see [20]) that a sequence of linear positive operators maps into if and only if
where , , C is a positive constant. We note that is a normed space with the norm
Finally, let is a subset of , such that the limit
exists and is finite. Moreover, Let be the space of all bounded functions on and be the space of all continuous functions f on equipped with norm
where , then the famous Korovkin Theorem [21] give us:
Theorem 1
([21]). For the sequences of any positive linear operators acting from into , we have
if and only if, for all ,
Theorem 2
([20,22]). For the sequences of any positive linear operators acting from into , if we have
then for any ,
Theorem 3.
Let be the operators defined by (5) and . Then for every and we get
Proof.
Using the Korovkin’s theorem analogues, we obtain the results of Theorem 3 and note that
Easily obtainable from the Lemma 1
For , we have
It is simple to get , if since we have and . Similarly, for , we get that
This makes it easy to get that □
Theorem 4.
For all and , the operators satisfying
where the number p is a fixed positive number.
Proof.
By taking into consideration the inequality , we can obtain equality for any real .
Therefore, we get that
According to this, Lemma 1
Now, for each and every Since there are some positive integers for we have equality for all .
For all
For every , we obtain by selecting any real , if so large.
Conversely, if we take , then it is clear that
Lastly, in the final section, we take . This allows us to easily obtain our results of Theorem 4 by combining the equality (13) and (14).
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4. Order of Convergence
In operator theory, the rate at which a sequence of operators approaches a limit or an objective is known as the rate of convergence. Let be the set of all functions on that are uniformly continuous. The modulus of continuation of f for order one is then provided by: for all :
Additionally, the modulus of continuity for the function f defined on the closed interval is as follows for each positive real :
Theorem 5
([23]). Let and consider the sequence of positive and linear operators acting from into , then
- 1.
- for every and all operators satisfying:
- 2.
- for every and operators satisfying:
Theorem 6.
Let and , then for every operators satisfying:
where .
Proof.
Given the findings of Corollary 1 and Theorem 5, it is evident that
where if we take then easy to get results. □
Theorem 7.
Consider , and . Then, operators satisfying:
where .
Proof.
Taking into account the findings of Theorem 5 and Corollary 1, it is clear that
where, , then it is easy to get our desired results. □
Theorem 8.
Suppose that and with . Then, for all we get the inequality:
where and obtained on , and is constant and depends on f.
Proof.
Consider the inequality for any , , and .
Apply to get
where suppose . □
5. Approximation in Lipschitz Class
In this section, the rate of convergence in terms of the Lipschitz maximum function is determined for the operators . The Lipschitz space that we use, [24], contains the following relations:
where the set of all continuously bounded functions on be and has explicit properties for , , .
Theorem 9.
Take , and . Then, for , the operators satisfy:
where and given by Theorem 7.
Proof.
Take and , then
From hypothesis for all , we know , therefore,
Therefore, for , the Theorem 9 holds true. Now, if we enter the well-known Hölder’s inequality if , we get
Hence, we get the proof. □
In order to find the operators local approximation in Lipschitz space, we use the function results from [25], which are as follows:
Theorem 10.
Take and , then for any operators provide the inequality:
Proof.
Easily we see that
Apply equality (18), and it is clear to obtain from Ḧolder’s inequality
which completes the result. □
6. Direct Approximation
Some direct approximation results based on the prominent K-functional characteristic are presented in this section. A straightforward estimate Theorems in mathematical analysis show how a function’s smoothness affects how well simpler functions, such as polynomials, can approximate it. Recall the many K-functional characteristics from [26], such as the following: We assume that is a class of all continuous and bounded functions constructed for the interval . For any property of the K-functional for any is provided by:
For a real number M that is absolutely positive, one has
is the modulus of continuity maximum order two, such that
On the other hand, the usual modulus of continuity is provided by
Theorem 11.
Suppose denotes the second order continuously bounded function on . For an arbitrary , let we define the auxiliary operators such that:
Then, for any we get the following inequality:
where Theorem 7 defines .
Proof.
If and any , then it is clear that and for
We have
and
The Taylor series expression for any gives us
Operating it is simple to get
We know the inequality
and
Thus we get
This completes our result. □
Next, we use the Ditzian–Totik uniform modulus of smoothness for the maximal second order to provide some global approximation results. We review the standard basic formulas for the first- and second-order uniform modulus of smoothness in a way that
Given that the admissible step-weight function is specified on , is entered if (see [27]). The Peetre’s K-functional is provided by, and stands for the set of all absolutely continuous functions.
where we have , and .
Remark 1
([28]). One has for every absolute positive constant M
Theorem 12.
Let and . In addition, we suppose Λ be the step-weight function with from the modulus of smoothness such that is concave. Then, for all the operators give the following identity:
where and
Proof.
We can write the auxiliary operators:
where and , it is simple to obtain the following relations using by Lemma 1. .
Assume that , . The concavity of on implies that and
The identities we acquire are as follows:
We can reproduce from the Taylor’s series that
We have the inequality by follow the uniform modulus of smoothness’s first order.
Consequently, we ultimately obtain the disparity.
It completes Theorem 12’s desired proof. □
7. Voronovskaja-Type Approximation Theorems
This section was mostly inspired by the paper [29,30,31] to compute the quantitative Voronovskaja-type approximations. We utilize the modulus of smoothness findings discussed in the previous section. The definition of this modulus of smoothness is as follows:
In this case, and , along with the associated Peetre’s K-functional, are called
refers to the set of absolutely continuous functions on an interval. and . A constant exists in such a way
Theorem 13.
Late and . Then, for every , the operators defined by (5) satisfy:
where be any constant and , are given according to Theorem 12.
Proof.
If we take into consideration al
then easy to get
Applying to (30),
The Cauchy–Schwarz properties can be used to determine that
We determine that by calculating the infimum over all ,
This concludes the proof. □
Theorem 14.
For any and we can write:
where and the collection of all bounded and continuous function on is denoted by .
Proof.
If , then Taylor’s series expansion leads to the conclusion that
The Peano form of remainder is defined as as , where . By using the operators on the equality (34), we may obtain
Cauchy–Schwarz inequality gives us
Here, we can plainly see and therefore
Thus, we have
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8. Numerical Illustration and Convergence Behavior
To illustrate the approximation behavior of the proposed operator, we consider the test function
The operator under consideration is defined as
where the integral is evaluated numerically using the midpoint rule. The parameter r denotes the order of the operator, and is chosen for illustration.
8.1. Graphical Analysis
Figure 1 shows the convergence of the operator towards the original function for and 30. The black dashed line represents the exact function, while the colored lines represent the operator approximations. It is evident that as r increases, the curves corresponding to approach uniformly.
Figure 1.
Convergence of the Fast Operator to for .
8.2. Numerical Results
The computed numerical values of the operator for various r and selected points of ℘ are reported in Table 1. The results clearly show that the operator values converge to the true function as r increases.
Table 1.
Numerical values of for .
9. Numerical Example and Error Analysis
In this section, we study the convergence behavior of the proposed operator, denoted by , towards the target function
for various values of the parameter r. The operator has been implemented numerically for , and the absolute error
has been evaluated over the interval .
Figure 2 illustrates the pointwise behavior of the absolute error for different values of r. It is observed that the error curves flatten and approach zero as r increases, indicating faster convergence. Additionally, the logarithmic plot provides a clearer visualization of the rate of error decay, especially for smaller error magnitudes. These results demonstrate that the proposed operator exhibits good approximation characteristics and converges rapidly to the target function for moderately large values of r.
Figure 2.
Pointwise absolute error curves for .
The overall numerical evidence supports the theoretical findings and confirms that the operator provides an effective and stable approximation for smooth functions such as the chosen test function .
Discussion
The above results confirm that the proposed operator approximates the target function efficiently as r increases. The numerical and graphical evidence demonstrates the uniform convergence and supports the theoretical findings derived from the Korovkin-type approximation theorem.
10. Conclusions & Observation
Our new operators (5) are plainly the modified Kantorovich variation of operators [7]. For taking in equality (5) then reduced to equality of the new Szász–Mirakjan Kantorovich operators obtained by (6). Therefore, we can say that our new operators (5) are an extension of the classic Szász–Mirakjan Kantorovich operators, q-Szász–Mirakjan Kantorovich operators, and earlier versions of Szász–Mirakjan Kantorovich-type operators [7]. Consequently, we conclude that our new operators are stronger than the ones that were previously studied.
Author Contributions
M.N. writing the main text of the manuscript. M.F. handled the computational and graphical components using appropriate software, and also participated in the review and editing process. N.R. contributed to the review, editing, and methodology of the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
The original contributions presented in this study are included in the article. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
Acknowledgments
The Researchers would like to thank the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at Qassim University for financial support (QU-APC-2025).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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