Chebyshev-Grüss-type inequalities via discrete oscillations

Abstract

The classical form of Grüss' inequality, first published by G. Grüss in 1935, gives an estimate of the difference between the integral of the product and the product of the integrals of two functions. In the subsequent years, many variants of this inequality appeared in the literature. The aim of this paper is to introduce a different approach, presenting a new Chebyshev-Grüss-type inequality and applying it to different well-known linear, not necessarily positive, operators. Some conjectures are presented as well. We also compare the new inequalities with some older results. This new approach gives better estimates in some cases than the ones already known.