A note on a paper by G. Mastroianni and G. Monegato (Q4433129)

\textit{G. Mastroianni} and \textit{G. Monegato} [Math. Comput. 70, No. 233, 251--267 (2001; Zbl 0967.41018)] derived error estimates for a numerical approach to evaluate the integral \[ \int\limits_{a}^{b}\int\limits_{-1}^{1} \frac{f(x,y)}{x-y}\,dx\,dy, \] where \((a,b)=(-1,1)\) or \((a,-1)\) or \((1,b)\) and \(f(x,y)\) is a smooth function. For the inner integral and, more general, for the integral \[ \int\limits_{-1}^{1} \frac{f(x,y)}{x-y}(1-x^2)^{\alpha}\,dx, \quad \alpha > -1, \] they used a \(n\)-point interpolatory quadrature rule based on the zeros of the corresponding Jacobi polynomials. The error bounds for this approximation given in that paper are not correct according to the proof. In the paper under review, the pointwise error estimates are improved using a different approach.