A FAMILY OF BERNSTEIN QUASI-INTERPOLANTS ON[0,1]

Suppose that we want to approximate fC[0,1]by polynomials in P_n,using only itsvalues on X_n={i/n,0≤i≤n}.This can be done by the Lagrange interpolant L_n f or theclassical Bernstein polynomial B_n f.But,when n tends to infinity,L_n f does not converge to fin general and the convergence of B_n f to fis very slow.We define a family of operators B~(k)_n,n≥k,which are intermediate ones between B(0)_n=B~(1)_n=B_n and B~(n)_n=L_n,and we studysome of their properties.In particular,we prove a Voronovskaja-type theorem which assertsthat B~(k)_n f-f=0(n~(-[(k+2)/2))for f sufficiently regular.Moreover,B(k)_n f uses only values of B_n f and its derivaties and can be computed by DeCasteljau or subdivision algorithms.