New numerical radius inequalities for Hilbert space operators are given. We give an improvement of the inequality presented by Kittaneh for numerical radius, in fact we show that if A∈ℬ(ℋ), then
ω(A)≤12∥|A|+|A∗|∥−12inf∥x∥=1ϕ(x),
where ϕ(x)=inf{(〈|A|x,x〉12−〈|A∗|x,x〉12)2:∥x∥=1}.
A refinement of the triangle inequality is also shown.