An extension of Kantorovich inequality (Q2583090)

Let \(A\) be a (bounded linear) positive invertible operator acting on a Hilbert space \(H\) and let \(I=[m,M]\) be the convex hull of the spectrum of \(A\). The authors, as an extension of the Kantorovich inequality (KI): \((Ax,x)(A^{-1}x,x)\leq (m+M)^{2}/(4mM)\) (\(x\in H, \| x\| =1\)), propose the inequality (EKI): \((f(A)x,x)/g ((Ax,x)) \leq \max_{t\in I} l(t)/g(t)\) (\(x\in H, \| x\| =1\)), where \(f\) and \(g\) are positive continuous functions on \(I\) and \(f\leq l\) for a linear function \(l\) (in particular, if \(f\) is convex, then \(f\leq l_{f}:= a_{f}(t-m)+f(m) , a_{f}= (f(M)-f(m))/(M-m) \)). Applying (EKI) to different \(f\) and \(g\), the authors present a number of corollaries which are known extensions of the (KI).