Selberg’s Inequality and Selberg Operator Bounds in Hilbert Spaces with Applications

Abstract

In the present work, we give a new proof of the well-known Selberg’s inequality in complex Hilbert spaces from an operator-theoretic perspective, establishing its fundamental equivalence with the Cauchy–Bunyakovsky–Schwarz inequality. We also derive several lower and upper bounds for the Selberg operator, including its norm estimates, refining classical results such as de Bruijn’s and Bohr’s inequalities. Additionally, we revisit a recent claim in the literature, providing a clarification of the conditions under which Selberg’s inequality extends to abstract bilinear forms.