An improved Hardy-Hilbert integral inequality using a modern approach

In recent decades, a wide range of Hardy-Hilbert-type integral inequalities have been established. This article focuses on a one-parameter result introduced by Waadallah Tawfeeq Sulaiman in 2010, which has a unique structure: the double integral involves a power-sum of the variables, as well as a technical power-minimum. The sharp constant factor is also elegantly expressed in terms of the beta function. However, the parameter involved is subject to restrictions on its values. In this article, we refine the inequality by removing this restriction and addressing a theoretical gap in the original proof to yield a sharper result. We provide a thorough, step-by-step proof and demonstrate how this new result can be used to derive additional variants and extensions.