Fractional Integral Estimates of Boole Type: Majorization and Convex Function Approach with Applications
Abstract
1. Introduction and Preliminaries
Motivation of the Study
2. Main Results
3. Majorization Boole-Type Inequality for the Bounded Functions
4. Majorization Boole-Type Inequality for the Lipschitzian Functions
5. Example with Numerical Analysis
6. Applications
6.1. Boole’s Quadrature Formula
6.2. q-Digamma Function (q-df)
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Butt, S.I.; Alammar, M.; Seol, Y. Fractional Integral Estimates of Boole Type: Majorization and Convex Function Approach with Applications. Fractal Fract. 2026, 10, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10010049
Butt SI, Alammar M, Seol Y. Fractional Integral Estimates of Boole Type: Majorization and Convex Function Approach with Applications. Fractal and Fractional. 2026; 10(1):49. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10010049
Chicago/Turabian StyleButt, Saad Ihsan, Mohammed Alammar, and Youngsoo Seol. 2026. "Fractional Integral Estimates of Boole Type: Majorization and Convex Function Approach with Applications" Fractal and Fractional 10, no. 1: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10010049
APA StyleButt, S. I., Alammar, M., & Seol, Y. (2026). Fractional Integral Estimates of Boole Type: Majorization and Convex Function Approach with Applications. Fractal and Fractional, 10(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10010049

