On the Image of the Lupas q-Analogue of the Bernstein Operators

The Lupas q-analogue, R-n,R-q, is historically the first known q-version of the Bernstein operator. It has been studied extensively in different aspects by a number of authors during the last decades. In this work, the following issues related to the image of the Lupas q-analogue are discussed: A new explicit formula for the moments has been derived, independence of the image R-n,R-q from the parameter q has been examined, the diagonalizability of operator R-n,R-q has been proved, and the fact that R-n,R-q does not preserve modulus of continuity has been established.