Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Mathematics, University of Karachi, University Road, Karachi-75270 Pakistan.

2 Department of Basic Sciences, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, P.E.C.H.S. Main Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi-75400, Pakistan.

Abstract

Motivated by the results of Niezgoda, corresponding to the generalization of Mercer's inequality for positive weights, in this paper, we consider real weights, for which we establish related results. To be more specific, Niezgoda's results are derived under Jensen Steffensen conditions. In addition, we construct some functionals enabling us to refine Niezgoda's results. Lastly, we discuss some applications.

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