Some Inequalities Relating to Upper and Lower Bounds for the Riemann-Stieltjes Integral
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Dragomir, Sever S and Pearce, Charles E. M (2009) Some Inequalities Relating to Upper and Lower Bounds for the Riemann-Stieltjes Integral.
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