A Class of Positive Linear Operators

Abstract

Let F[a, b] be the linear space of all real valued functions defined on [a, b]. A linear operator L: C[a, b] → F[a, b] is called positive (and hence monotone) on C[a, b] if L(f)≥0 whenever f≥0. There has been a considerable amount of research concerned with the convergence of sequences of the form {Ln(f)} to f where {Ln} is a sequence of positive linear operators on C[a, b].