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On a measure-theoretic reading of $β$-Grüss type inequalities

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2026-07-07 v1

Abstract

We show that the principal β\beta-Gr\"uss inequalities for the positive integral can be obtained naturally from elementary measure theory. Once the positive β\beta-integral is recognised as integration with respect to a finite positive purely atomic measure, and this measure is normalised to a probability measure, the associated Chebyshev functional becomes simply a covariance. The corresponding inequalities then follow from standard facts valid on arbitrary probability spaces: Korkine's identity, H\"older's inequality on the product space, Cauchy's inequality for covariance, and the elementary variance bound for bounded functions. The Riemann--Stieltjes β\beta-estimates follow, in the signed case, by domination with respect to the total variation measure. Thus, rather than adding another member to this family of β\beta-Gr\"uss inequalities, this note identifies the elementary measure-theoretic mechanism that accounts for the family itself.

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@article{arxiv.2607.06439,
  title  = {On a measure-theoretic reading of $β$-Grüss type inequalities},
  author = {K. Castillo and Â. Macedo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06439},
  year   = {2026}
}