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          Abstract: | 
           
               We consider the Hardy-type operator    and establish properties of   as a map from   into   for   ,    and   . The main result is that, with appropriate assumptions on   and  , the approximation numbers   of   satisfy the inequality   when    or   , and in the case    we have  and  where    and constants   . Upper and lower estimates for the   and   norms of    are also given.;
            
          
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