New bounds for the first inequality of Ostrowski-Grüss type and applications (Q597236)

The author proves certain Ostrowski type inequalities which improve earlier results. For example, he proves that if \(I\subset\mathbb{R}\) is an interval, and \(f: I\to\mathbb{R}\) is a twice continuously differentiable function with \(f''\in L_2(a,b)\), for any \(a,b\in I\), \(a< b\), then \[ \Biggl| f(x)- \Biggl(x-{a+ b\over 2}\Biggr)\,S- M_f\Biggr|\leq {(b-a)^{3/2}\over 2\pi\sqrt{3}}\,\| f''\|_2, \] for any \(x\in [a,b]\). Here \(S= (f(b)- f(a))/(b- a)\), and \(M_f\) is the integral mean of \(f\) on \([a,b]\). Applications to numerical integration are also given.