Bernstein-type operators that reproduce exponential functions

In this paper we recover a generalization of the classical Bernstein operators introduced by Morigi and Neamtu in 2000. Specifically, we focus on a sequence of operators that reproduce the exponential functions exp(t) and exp(2t) , > 0 . We study its convergence, this including qualitative and quantitative theorems, an asymptotic formula and saturation results. We also show their shape preserving properties by considering generalized convexity. Finally, a comparison is stated, that shows that in a certain sense and for certain family of illustrative functions the new sequence approximates better than the classical Bernstein polynomials.