A further generalization of Hilbert's inequality (Q4494733)

Hilbert studied the problem of finding an upper bound of \(|\sum_{r\neq s}a_r\overline a_s/ (r-s)|\). He proved that for any complex numbers \(a_j\) the above sum is \(\leq\pi \sum_r|a_r|^2\). Montgomery and Vaughan generalized Hilbert's inequality by proving that \(|\sum_{r\neq s} a_r\overline a_s/(\gamma_r-\gamma_s) |\leq(\pi/ \delta)\sum_r|a_r |^2\) for any real numbers \(\gamma_j\) such that \(\delta=\min_{r\neq s}|\gamma_r- \gamma_s|\). They also showed that \(|\sum_{r\neq s}a_r\overline a_s/(\gamma_r- \gamma_s) |<(3/2)\pi\sum_r|a_r|^2/ \delta_r\), where \(\delta_r =\min_{s\neq r}|\gamma_s- \gamma_r|\). In this paper the authors obtain a further generalization of Hilbert's inequality. They proved that for any complex numbers \(\rho_j= \beta_j+ i\gamma_j\) with \(\beta_j\geq 0\) and \(\delta_r\) as above the following inequality holds: \[ \Bigl|\sum_{r\neq s}a_r \overline a_s/(\rho_r+ \rho_s)\Bigr|<84\sum_r|a_r|^2/ \delta_r. \]