A nonlinear version of Kantorovich operators with p-averages: convergence results and asymptotic formula

In this paper, we modify the classical Kantorovich operators, very well known in Approximation Theory, by considering p -averages (whose expressions are of the form of Lᵖ L p (quasi-)norms, $$p>0$$ p > 0 ). We establish convergence results, an asymptotic formula covering the general setting; moreover, we show that, under suitable assumptions, our operators perform better than the classical Kantorovich ones in approximating functions. Because of the nature of the p -averages, the proposed operators are nonlinear, so their study turns out to be more challenging.