Internat. J. Math. & Math. Sci.
Vol. 23, No. 12 (2000) 855–857 S0161171200001824
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ON A CLASS OF UNIVALENT FUNCTIONS
VIKRAMADITYA SINGH (Received 3 March 1998)
Abstract.We consider the class of univalent functionsf (z)=z+a3z3+a4z4+···ana- lytic in the unit disc and satisfying|(z2f(z)/f2(z))−1|<1, and show that such functions are starlike if they satisfy|(z2f(z)/f2(z))−1|< (1/√
2).
Keywords and phrases. Analytic, univalent and starlike functions.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 30C45.
LetAdenote the class of functions which are analytic in the unit discU= {z:|z|<1}
and have Taylor series expansion
f (z)=z+a2z2+a3z3+···, (1) and letT be the univalent [3] subclass ofAwhich satisfy
z2f(z) f2(z) −1
<1, z∈U. (2) ByT2we denote the subclass ofT for whichf(0)=0. In this paper, we prove the following theorem.
Theorem1. Iff∈T2, then (i) Re(f (z)/z) >1/2, z∈U, (ii) f is starlike in|z|<1/4√
2=0.840896..., (iii) Ref(z) >0for|z|<1/√
2.
Items (i) and (iii) are improvements of results in [2], and (ii) is the same as in [2] but has a different proof. Furthermore, (i) and (iii) are sharp as shown by the function
f (z)= z
1−z2, (3)
but the sharpness of (ii) is difficult to establish by a direct example. We also prove the following theorem which partially answers a question raised in [1].
Theorem2. IfT2,µis the subclass ofT2which satisfies
z2f(z) f2(z)−1
< µ <1, (4)
thenT2,µis a subclass of starlike functions if0≤µ≤1/√ 2.
856 VIKRAMADITYA SINGH
We define byBthe class of functionsωanalytic inUand satisfying
|ω(z)|<1, z∈U, ω(0)=ω(0)=0. (5) From Schwarz’s lemma it then follows that
|ω(z)| ≤ |z|2. (6)
Proof of Theorem1. Iff∈T2and satisfies (2), then z2f(z)
f2(z)−1=ω(z), z∈U, ω∈B, (7) and by direct integration
z f (z)=1−
1
0
ω(tz)
t2 dt, z∈U, ω∈B. (8)
From (8), we obtain
z f (z)−1
≤ |z|2<1, (9)
and this gives
1−f (z) z
≤ f (z)
z
, (10) which is equivalent to(Ref (z)/z) >1/2, This proves (i).
Furthermore, from (9), we obtain argf (z)
z
≤sin−1|z|2. (11)
From (7), we obtain
zf(z) f (z) =f (z)
z
1+ω(z)
(12) and, therefore,
argzf(z) f (z)
=
argf (z) z +arg
1+ω(z)≤2sin−1|z|2. (13) This gives (ii).
In order to prove (iii), we notice that (7) yields f(z)=
f (z) z
2
1+ω(z)
(14) and, therefore,
argf(z)=
2argf (z) z +arg
1+ω(z)≤3sin−1|z|2. (15) But this is equivalent to (iii).
Proof of Theorem2. Iff∈T2,µ, we obtain from (4) zf(z)
f2(z)−1=µω(z), ω∈B, z∈U and z
f (z)=1−µ 1
0
ω(tz)
t2 dt. (16)
ON A CLASS OF UNIVALENT FUNCTIONS 857 Hence
zf(z)
f (z) = 1+µω(z) 1−µ1
0(ω(tz)/t2)dt. (17)
Now Rez (f(z)/f (z)) >0 is equivalent to the condition zf(z)
f (z) = 1+µω(z) 1−µ1
0(ω(tz)/t2)dt≠−iT , T∈Re. (18) Relation (18) is equivalent to
µ
2 ω(z)+
1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
+1−iT
1+iT ω(z)− 1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
≠−1. (19) Let
M= sup
z∈U,ω∈B,T∈Re
ω(z)+
1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
+1−iT
1+iT ω(z)− 1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
, (20)
then, in view of the rotation invariance ofB, it follows that Rezf(z)
f (z) >0, ifµ≤ 2
M. (21)
However, from (20), we notice that M≤ sup
z∈U,ω∈B
ω(z)+
1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
+ ω(z)−
1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
≤2 sup
z∈Ui,ω∈B
ω(z)2+ 1
0
ω(tz) t2 dt
2
≤2 2.
(22)
Inequality (22) follows from the parallelogram law and the last step from (6). And (21) shows thatµ≤1/√
2.
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