Dedication

Dedicated to Professor Hari M Srivastava

1 Introduction

In [1] the Kantorovich type generalization of the Szász-Mirakjan operators is defined by

K n (f,x):=n e n x k = 0 ( n x ) k k ! k / n ( k + 1 ) / n f(t)dt,fC[0,),0x<.

In [2], for each positive integer n, Aral and Gupta defined q-type generalization of Szász-Mirakjan operators as

S n q (f;x):= E q ( [ n ] q x b n ) k = 0 f ( [ k ] q b n [ n ] q ) ( [ n ] q x ) k [ k ] q ! ( b n ) k ,

where 0<q<1, fC[0,), 0x< b n ( 1 q ) [ n ] q , b n is a sequence of positive numbers such that lim x b n =.

Recently, q-type generalization of Szász-Mirakjan operators, which was different from that in [2], was introduced, and the convergence properties of these operators were studied by Mahmudov [3]. Weighted statistical approximation properties of the modified q-Szász-Mirakjan operators were obtained in [4]. Also, Durrmeyer and Kantorovich-type generalizations of the linear positive operators based on q-integers were studied by some authors. The Bernstein-Durrmeyer operators related to the q-Bernstein operators were studied by Derriennic [5]. Gupta [6] introduced and studied approximation properties of q-Durrmeyer operators. The generalizations of the q-Baskakov-Kantorovich operators were constructed and weighted statistical approximation properties of these operators were examined in [7] and [8]. The q-extensions of the Szász-Mirakjan, Szász-Mirakjan-Kantorovich, Szász-Schurer and Szász-Schurer-Kantorovich operators were given shortly in [8]. Generalized Szász Durrmeyer operators were studied in [9]. With the help of q R -integral, Örkcü and Doğru [10] introduced a Kantorovich-type modification of the q-Szász-Mirakjan operators as follows:

K n q (f;x):= [ n ] q E q ( [ n ] q x q ) k = 0 ( [ n ] q x ) k [ k ] q ! q k q [ k ] q / [ n ] q [ k + 1 ] q / [ n ] q f(t) d q R t,
(1.1)

where q(0,1), 0x< q 1 q n , fC[0,).

The paper of Mursaleen et al. [11] is one of the latest references on approximation by q-analogue. They investigated approximation properties for new q-Lagrange polynomials. Also, the q-analogue of Bernstein-Schurer-Stancu operators were introduced in [12].

On the other hand, Stancu [13] first introduced linear positive operators in two and several dimensional variables. Afterward, Barbosu [14] introduced a generalization of two-dimensional Bernstein operators based on q-integers and called them bivariate q-Bernstein operators. In recent years, many results have been obtained in the Korovkin-type approximation theory via A-statistical convergence for functions of several variables (for instance, [1517]).

In this study, we construct a bivariate generalization of the Szász-Mirakjan-Kantorovich operators based on q-integers and obtain the weighted A-statistical approximation properties of these operators.

Now we recall some definitions about q-integers. For any non-negative integer r, the q-integer of the number r is defined by

[ r ] q ={ 1 + q + + q r 1 if  q 1 , r if  q = 1 ,

where q is a positive real number. The q-factorial is defined as

[ r ] q !={ [ 1 ] q [ 2 ] q [ r ] q if  r = 1 , 2 , , 1 if  r = 0 .

Two q-analogues of the exponential function e x are given as

E q ( x ) = n = 0 q n ( n 1 ) / 2 x n [ n ] q ! , x R , ε q ( x ) = n = 0 x n [ n ] q ! , | x | < 1 1 q .

The following relation between q-exponential functions E q (x) and ε q (x) holds

E q (x) ε q (x)=1,|x|< 1 1 q .
(1.2)

In the fundamental books about q-calculus (see [18, 19]), the q-integral of the function f over the interval [0,b] is defined by

0 b f(t) d q t=b(1q) j = 0 f ( b q j ) q j ,0<q<1.

If f is integrable over [0,b], then

lim q 1 0 b f(t) d q t= 0 b f(t)dt.

A generally accepted definition for q-integral over an interval [a,b] is

a b f(t) d q t= 0 b f(t) d q t 0 a f(t) d q t.

In order to generalize and spread the existing inequalities, Marinkovic et al. considered a new type of q-integral. So, the problems that ensue from the general definition of q-integral were overcome. The Riemann-type q-integral [20] in the interval [a,b] was defined as

a b f(t) d q R t=(1q)(ba) j = 0 f ( a + ( b a ) q j ) q j ,0<q<1.

This definition includes only a point inside the interval of the integration.

2 Construction of the bivariate operators

The aim of this part is to construct a bivariate extension of the operators defined by (1.1).

For nN, 0< q 1 , q 2 <1 and 0x< q 1 1 q 1 n , 0y< q 2 1 q 2 n , the bivariate extension of the operators K n q (f;x) is as follows:

K n q 1 , q 2 ( f ; x , y ) = [ n ] q 1 [ n ] q 2 E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 0 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k [ k ] q 1 ! q 1 k ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l × q 2 [ l ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 [ l + 1 ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 q 1 [ k ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 [ k + 1 ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 f ( t , s ) d q 1 R t d q 2 R s ,
(2.1)

where

c d a b f ( t , s ) d q 1 R t d q 2 R s = ( 1 q 1 ) ( 1 q 2 ) ( b a ) ( c d ) × j = 0 i = 0 f ( a + ( b a ) q 1 i , c + ( c d ) q 2 j ) q 1 i q 2 j .
(2.2)

Also, f is a q R -integrable function, so the series in (2.2) converges. It is clear that the operators given in (2.1) are linear and positive.

First, let us give the following lemma.

Lemma 1 Let e i j = x i y j , (i,j) N 0 × N 0 with i+j2 be the two-dimensional test functions. Then the following results hold for the operators given by (2.1):

(i) K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 00 ; x , y ) = 1 ; (ii) K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 10 ; x , y ) = x + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 ; (iii) K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 01 ; x , y ) = y + 1 [ 2 ] q 2 1 [ n ] q 2 ; (iv) K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 20 ; x , y ) = q 1 x 2 + ( q 1 + 2 [ 2 ] q 1 ) 1 [ n ] q 1 x + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 ; (v) K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 02 ; x , y ) = q 2 y 2 + ( q 2 + 2 [ 2 ] q 2 ) 1 [ n ] q 2 y + 1 [ 3 ] q 2 1 [ n ] q 2 2 .

Proof From q 2 [ l ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 [ l + 1 ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 q 1 [ k ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 [ k + 1 ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 d q 1 R t d q 2 R s= 1 [ n ] q 1 [ n ] q 2 and the equality in (1.2), we have

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 00 ; x , y ) = E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 0 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k [ k ] q 1 ! q 1 k ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l = 1 .

Since q 2 [ l ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 [ l + 1 ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 q 1 [ k ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 [ k + 1 ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 t d q 1 R t d q 2 R s= 1 [ n ] q 1 [ n ] q 2 ( q 1 [ k ] q 1 [ n ] q 1 + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 ), we get from the linearity of K n q 1 , q 2 that

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 10 ; x , y ) = E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 0 q 1 [ k ] q 1 [ n ] q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k [ k ] q 1 ! q 1 k ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l + E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 0 1 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k [ k ] q 1 ! q 1 k ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l .

Then we have from the definition of q-factorial and K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 00 ;x,y)=1

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 10 ; x , y ) = E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 1 x ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k 1 [ k 1 ] q 1 ! q 1 k 1 ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 = x + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 .

Similarly, we write that

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 01 ;x,y)=y+ 1 [ 2 ] q 2 1 [ n ] q 2 .

Now we compute the value K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 20 ;x,y). Applying the equalities q 2 [ l ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 [ l + 1 ] q 2 / [ n ] q 2 × q 1 [ k ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 [ k + 1 ] q 1 / [ n ] q 1 t 2 d q 1 R t d q 2 R s= 1 [ n ] q 1 [ n ] q 2 ( q 1 2 [ k ] q 1 2 [ n ] q 1 2 + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 2 q 1 [ k ] q 1 [ n ] q 1 2 + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 ), K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 10 ;x,y)=x+ 1 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 and K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 00 ;x,y)=1, we obtain

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 20 ; x , y ) = E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 0 q 1 2 [ k ] q 1 2 [ n ] q 1 2 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k [ k ] q 1 ! q 1 k ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l + 2 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 x + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 .

Next, using the fact that [ k ] q 1 = q 1 [ k 1 ] q 1 +1, we obtain

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 20 ; x , y ) = E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 1 q 1 [ k 1 ] q 1 + 1 [ n ] q 1 2 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k [ k 1 ] q 1 ! q 1 k 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l + 2 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 x + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 = E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 2 q 1 x 2 ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k 2 [ k 2 ] q 1 ! q 1 k 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l + E q 1 ( [ n ] q 1 x q 1 ) E q 2 ( [ n ] q 2 y q 2 ) × l = 0 k = 1 q 1 [ n ] q 1 x ( [ n ] q 1 x ) k 1 [ k 1 ] q 1 ! q 1 k 1 ( [ n ] q 2 y ) l [ l ] q 2 ! q 2 l + 2 [ 2 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 x + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 = q 1 x 2 + ( q 1 + 2 [ 2 ] q 1 ) 1 [ n ] q 1 x + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 .

Similarly, we write

K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 02 ;x,y)= q 2 y 2 + ( q 2 + 2 [ 2 ] q 2 ) 1 [ n ] q 2 y+ 1 [ 3 ] q 2 1 [ n ] q 2 2 ,

which completes the proof. □

3 A-Statistical approximation properties

The Korovkin-type theorem for functions of two variables was proved by Volkov [21]. The theorem on weighted approximation for functions of several variables was proved by Gadjiev in [22].

Let B ω be the space of real-valued functions defined on R 2 and satisfying the bounded condition |f(x,y)| M f ω(x,y), where ω(x,y)1 for all (x,y) R 2 is called a weight function if it is continuous on R 2 and lim x 2 + y 2 ω(x,y)=. We denote by C ω the space of all continuous functions in the B ω with the norm

f ω = sup ( x , y ) R 2 | f ( x , y ) | ω ( x , y ) .

Theorem 1 [22]

Let ω 1 (x,y) and ω 2 (x,y) be weight functions satisfying

lim x 2 + y 2 ω 1 ( x , y ) ω 2 ( x , y ) =0.

Assume that T n is a sequence of linear positive operators acting from C ω 1 to B ω 2 . Then, for all f C ω 1 ,

lim n T n f f ω 2 =0

if and only if

lim n T n F ν F ν ω 1 =0(ν=0,1,2,3),

where F 0 (x,y)= ω 1 ( x ) 1 + x 2 + y 2 , F 1 (x,y)= x ω 1 ( x ) 1 + x 2 + y 2 , F 2 (x,y)= y ω 1 ( x ) 1 + x 2 + y 2 , F 3 (x,y)= ( x 2 + y 2 ) ω 1 ( x ) 1 + x 2 + y 2 .

In [16], using the concept of A-statistical convergence, Erkuş and Duman investigated a Korovkin-type approximation result for a sequence of positive linear operators defined on the space of all continuous real-valued functions on any compact subset of the real m-dimensional space.

Now we recall the concepts of regularity of a summability matrix and A-statistical convergence. Let A:=( a n k ) be an infinite summability matrix. For a given sequence x:=( x k ), the A-transform of x, denoted by Ax:=( ( A x ) n ), is defined as ( A x ) n := k = 1 a n k x k provided the series converges for each n. A is said to be regular if lim n ( A x ) n =L whenever limx=L [23]. Suppose that A is a non-negative regular summability matrix. Then x is A-statistically convergent to L if for every ε>0, lim n k : | x k L | ε a n k =0, and we write st A -limx=L [24]. Actually, x is A-statistically convergent to L if and only if, for every ε>0, δ A (kN:| x k L|ε)=0, where δ A (K) denotes the A-density of the subset K of the natural numbers and is given by δ A (K):= lim n k = 1 a n k χ K (k) provided the limit exists, where χ K is the characteristic function of K. If A= C 1 , the Cesáro matrix of order one, then A-statistical convergence reduces to the statistical convergence [25]. Also, taking A=I, the identity matrix, A-statistical convergence coincides with the ordinary convergence.

We consider ω 1 (x,y)=1+ x 2 + y 2 and ω 2 (x,y)= ( 1 + x 2 + y 2 ) 1 + α for α>0, (x,y) R 0 2 , where R 0 2 :={(x,y) R 2 :x0,y0}.

We obtain statistical approximation properties of the operator defined by (2.1) with the help of Korovkin-type theorem given in [26]. Let ( q 1 , n ) and ( q 2 , n ) be two sequences in the interval (0,1) so that

st A - lim n q 1 , n n = 1 and st A - lim n q 2 , n n = 1 , st A - lim n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n = 0 and st A - lim n 1 [ n ] q 2 , n = 0 .
(3.1)

Theorem 2 Let A=( a n k ) be a nonnegative regular summability matrix, and let ( q 1 , n ) and ( q 2 , n ) be two sequences satisfying (3.1). Then, for any function f C ω 1 ( R 0 2 ) and q R -integrable function, for α>0, we have

st A - lim n K n q 1 , n , q 2 , n f f ω 2 =0.

Proof Let K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n be defined as

K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n (f;x,y)={ K n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( f ; x , y ) , 0 x < q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0 y < q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n , f ( x , y ) , x q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , y q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n .

From Lemma 1, since | K n q 1 , n , q 2 , n (1+ t 2 + s 2 ;x,y)|c ( 1 + x 2 + y 2 ) 1 + α for x[0, q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n ) and y[0, q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n ), { K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n (f;)} is a sequence of linear positive operators acting from C ω 1 ( R 0 2 ) to B ω 2 ( R 0 2 ).

From (i) of Lemma 1, it is clear that

st A - lim n K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 00 ; ) e 00 ω 1 =0

holds. By (ii) of Lemma 1, we get

sup 0 x < q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0 y < q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n | K n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 10 ; ) e 10 | 1 + x 2 + y 2 = sup 0 x < q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0 y < q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n | x + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n x | 1 + x 2 + y 2 = sup 0 x < q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0 y < q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n 1 1 + x 2 + y 2 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n = 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n .

Since st A - lim n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n =0, st A - lim n K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 10 ; ) e 10 ω 1 =0. Similarly, since st A - lim n 1 [ n ] q 2 , n =0, st A - lim n K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 01 ; ) e 01 ω 1 =0. Also, we have from (iv) of Lemma 1

sup 0 x < q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0 y < q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n | K n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 20 ; ) e 20 | 1 + x 2 + y 2 = sup 0 x < q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0 y < q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n | q 1 , n x 2 + ( q 1 , n + 2 [ 2 ] q 1 , n ) 1 [ n ] q 1 , n x + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n 2 x 2 | 1 + x 2 + y 2 ( 1 q 1 , n ) + ( q 1 , n 2 + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , n ) 1 [ n ] q 1 , n + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n 2 .

So, we can write

K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 20 ; ) e 20 ω 1 (1 q 1 , n )+ ( q 1 , n 2 + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , n ) 1 [ n ] q 1 , n + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n 2 .
(3.2)

Since st A - lim n (1 q 1 , n )=0, st A - lim n ( q 1 , n 2 + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , n ) 1 [ n ] q 1 , n =0 and st A - lim n 1 [ 3 ] q 1 , n 1 [ n ] q 1 , n 2 =0, for each ε>0, we define the following sets.

D : = { k : K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 20 ; ) e 2 ω 1 ε } , D 1 : = { k : 1 q 1 , k ε 3 } , D 2 : = { k : ( q 1 , k 2 + 1 [ 2 ] q 1 , k ) 1 [ n ] q 1 , k ε 3 } , D 3 : = { k : 1 [ 3 ] q 1 , k 1 [ n ] q 1 , k 2 ε 3 } .

By (3.2), it is clear that D D 1 D 2 D 3 , which implies that for all nN,

k D a n k k D 1 a n k + k D 2 a n k + k D 3 a n k .

Taking limit as n, we have

st A - lim n K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 20 ; ) e 20 ω 1 =0.

Similarly, since st A - lim n (1 q 2 , n )=0, st A - lim n ( q 2 , n 2 + 1 [ 2 ] q 2 , n ) 1 [ n ] q 2 , n =0 and st A - lim n 1 [ 3 ] q 2 , n × 1 [ n ] q 2 , n 2 =0, we write st A - lim n K ˜ n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( e 02 ; ) e 02 ω 1 =0. So, the proof is completed. □

If we define the function φ x , y (t,s)= ( t x ) 2 + ( s y ) 2 , (x,y)[0, q 1 1 q 1 n )×[0, q 2 1 q 2 n ), then by Lemma 1 one gets the following result

K n q 1 , q 2 ( φ x , y ( t , s ) ; x , y ) = ( q 1 1 ) x 2 + ( q 2 1 ) y 2 + q 1 [ n ] q 1 x + q 2 [ n ] q 2 y + 1 [ 3 ] q 1 1 [ n ] q 1 2 + 1 [ 3 ] q 2 1 [ n ] q 2 2 .

We use the modulus of continuity ω(f,δ) defined as follows:

ω(f,δ):=sup { | f ( t , s ) f ( x , y ) | : ( t , s ) , ( x , y ) R 0 2  and  ( t x ) 2 + ( s y ) 2 δ } ,

where δ>0 and f C B ( R 0 2 ) the space of all bounded and continuous functions on R 0 2 . Observe that, for all f C B ( R 0 2 ) and λ,δ>0, we have

ω(f,λδ) ( 1 + [ λ ] ) ω(f,δ),
(3.3)

where [λ] is defined to be the greatest integer less than or equal to λ.

By the definition of modulus of continuity, we have

|f(t,s)f(x,y)|ω ( f , ( t x ) 2 + ( s y ) 2 ) ,

and by (3.3), for any δ>0,

|f(t,s)f(x,y)| ( 1 + [ ( t x ) 2 + ( s y ) 2 δ ] ) ω(f,δ),

which implies that

|f(t,s)f(x,y)| ( 1 + ( t x ) 2 + ( s y ) 2 δ 2 ) ω(f,δ).
(3.4)

Using the linearity and positivity of the operators K n q 1 , q 2 , we get from (3.4) and K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 00 ;x,y)=1 that, for any nN,

| K n q 1 , q 2 ( f ; x , y ) f ( x , y ) | K n q 1 , q 2 ( | f ( t , s ) f ( x , y ) | ; x , y ) + | f ( x , y ) | | K n q 1 , q 2 ( e 00 ; x , y ) e 00 | K n q 1 , q 2 ( ( 1 + ( t x ) 2 + ( s y ) 2 δ 2 ) ω ( f , δ ) ; x , y ) = ( 1 + 1 δ 2 K n q 1 , q 2 ( φ x , y ( t , s ) ; x , y ) ) ω ( f , δ ) .

Now, if we replace q 1 , n and q 2 , n by sequences ( q 1 , n ) and ( q 2 , n ) to be two sequences satisfying (3.1), and we take δ:= δ n (x,y)= K n q 1 , n , q 2 , n ( φ x , y ( t , s ) ; x , y ) , 0x< q 1 , n 1 q 1 , n n , 0y< q 2 , n 1 q 2 , n n , then we can write

| K n q 1 , q 2 (f;x,y)f(x,y)|2ω(f,δ).