A NOTE ON CERTAIN INEQUALITIES FOR p-VALENT FUNCTIONS

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Inequalities forp-Valent Functions H.A. Al-Kharsani and

S.S. Al-Hajiry vol. 9, iss. 3, art. 90, 2008

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A NOTE ON CERTAIN INEQUALITIES FOR p-VALENT FUNCTIONS

H.A. AL-KHARSANI AND S.S. AL-HAJIRY

Department of Mathematics

Faculty of Science, Girls College, Dammam Saudi Arabia.

EMail:ssmh1@hotmail.com

Received: 05 February, 2008

Accepted: 01 July, 2008

Communicated by: N.K. Govil 2000 AMS Sub. Class.: 30C45.

Key words: p-valent functions.

Abstract: We use a parabolic region to prove certain inequalities for uniformlyp-valent functions in the open unit diskD.

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1. Introduction

LetA(p)denote the class of functionsf(z)of the form f(z) =z^p+

∞

X

k=p+1

a_kz^k, (p∈N= 1,2,3, . . .),

which are analytic and multivalent in the open unit diskD={z :z ∈C; |z|<1}.

A functionf(z) ∈A(p)is said to be in SP_p(α), the class of uniformlyp-valent starlike functions (or, uniformly starlike when p = 1) of orderα if it satisfies the condition

(1.1) <e

zf⁰(z) f(z) −α

≥

zf⁰(z) f(z) −p

.

Replacingf in (1.1) byzf⁰(z), we obtain the condition

(1.2) <e

1 + zf^”(z) f⁰(z) −α

≥

zf^”(z)

f⁰(z) −(p−1)

required for the functionf to be in the subclassU CV_pof uniformlyp-valent convex functions (or, uniformly convex whenp= 1) of orderα. Uniformlyp-valent starlike andp-valent convex functions were first introduced [4] whenp = 1, α = 0and [2]

when p≥1, p∈Nand then studied by various authors.

We set

Ω_α =n

u+iv, u−α >p

(u−p)²+v²o

with q(z) = ^zf_f_(z)⁰^(z) or q(z) = 1 + ^zf_f0^”(z)^(z) and consider the functions which map D onto the parabolic domainΩ_αsuch thatq(z)∈Ω_α.

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By the properties of the domainΩ_α, we have

(1.3) <e(q(z))><e(Q_α(z))> p+α 2 , where

Q_α(z) =p+2(p−α) π²

log

1 +√ z 1−√

z 2

.

Futhermore, a functionf(z)∈A(p)is said to be uniformlyp-valent close-to-convex (or, uniformly close-to-convex whenp = 1) of order α inD if it also satisfies the inequality

<e

zf⁰(z) g(z) −α

≥

zf⁰(z) g(z) −p

for someg(z)∈SP_p(α).

We note that a function h(z) is p-valent convex in D if and only if zh⁰(z) is p-valent starlike inD(see, for details, [1], [3], and [6]).

In order to obtain our main results, we need the following lemma:

Lemma 1.1 (Jack’s Lemma [5]). Let the functionw(z)be (non-constant) analytic inDwithw(0) = 0. If |w(z)|attains its maximum value on the circle|z| =r < 1 at a pointz₀, then

z₀w⁰(z₀) = cw(z₀), cis real andc≥1.

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2. Certain Results for the Multivalent Functions

Making use of Lemma1.1, we first give the following theorem:

Theorem 2.1. Letf(z)∈A(p).Iff(z)satisfies the following inequality:

(2.1) <e





1 + ^zf_f0^”(z)^(z) −p

zf⁰(z) f(z) −p



<1 + 2 3p, thenf(z)is uniformlyp-valent starlike inD.

Proof. We definew(z)by

(2.2) zf⁰(z)

f(z) −p= p

2w(z), (p∈N, z ∈D).

Thenw(z)is analytic inDandw(0) = 0.Furthermore, by logarithmically differentiating (2.2), we find that

1 + zf^”(z)

f⁰(z) −p= p

2w(z) + zw⁰(z)

2 +w(z), (p∈N, z ∈D) which, in view of (2.1), readily yields

(2.3) 1 + ^zf_f0^”(z)^(z) −p

zf⁰(z)

f(z) −p = 1 + zw⁰(z)

p

2w(z)(2 +w(z)), (p∈N, z ∈D).

Suppose now that there exists a pointz₀ ∈Dsuch that

max|w(z)|:|z| ≤ |z0|=|w(z0)|= 1; (w(z0)6= 1);

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and, letw(z₀) = e^iθ(θ 6=−π). Then, applying the Lemma1.1, we have (2.4) z₀w⁰(z₀) = cw(z₀), c≥1.

From (2.3) – (2.4), we obtain

<e





1 + ^z⁰_f^f0(z^”^(z0)⁰⁾−p

z0f⁰(z0) f(z0) −p



=<e

1 + z0w⁰(z0)

p

2w(z₀)(2 +w(z₀))

=<e

1 + 2c p

1 (2 +w(z₀))

= 1 +2c p<e

1 (2 +w(z₀))

= 1 +2c p<e

1 (2 +e^iθ)

(θ 6=−π)

= 1 + 2c

3p ≥1 + 2 3p

which contradicts the hypothesis (2.1). Thus, we conclude that |w(z)|< 1 for all z ∈D; and equation (2.2) yields the inequality

zf⁰(z) f(z) −p

< p

2, (p∈N, z ∈D)

which implies that ^zf_f_(z)⁰^(z) lie in a circle which is centered atpand whose radius is ^p₂ which means that ^zf_f(z)⁰^(z) ∈Ω, and so

(2.5) <e

zf⁰(z) f(z)

≥

zf⁰(z) f(z) −p

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i.e.f(z)is uniformlyp-valent starlike inD.

Using (2.5), we introduce a sufficient coefficient bound for uniformly p-valent starlike functions in the following theorem:

Theorem 2.2. Letf(z)∈A(p).If

∞

X

k=2

(2k+p−α)|a_k+p|< p−α.

thenf(z)∈SP_p(α).

Proof. Let

∞

X

k=2

(2k+p−α)|ak+p|< p−α.

It is sufficient to show that

zf⁰(z)

f(z) −(p+α)

< p+α 2 . We find that

zf⁰(z)

f(z) −(p+α)

=

−α+P∞

k=2(k−α)a_k+pz^k−1 1 +P∞

k=2a_k+pz^k−1 (2.6)

< α+P∞

k=2(k−α)|a_k+p| 1−P∞

k=2|a_k+p| ,

(2.7) 2α+

∞

X

k=2

(2k+p−α)|a_k+p|< p+α.

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This shows that the values of the function

(2.8) Φ(z) = zf⁰(z)

f(z)

lie in a circle which is centered at(p+α)and whose radius is ^p+α₂ ,which means that

zf⁰(z)

f(z) ∈Ω_α.Hencef(z)∈SP_p(α).

The following diagram shows Ω¹

2 whenp= 3and the circle is centered at ⁷₂ with radius ⁷₄ :

Next, we determine the sufficient coefficient bound for uniformlyp-valent convex functions.

Theorem 2.3. Letf(z)∈A(p).Iff(z)satisfies the following inequality (2.9) <e 1 + ^zf_f00⁰⁰⁰(z)^(z) −p

1 + ^zf_f0⁰⁰(z)^(z)−p

!

<1 + 2 3p−2, thenf(z)is uniformlyp−valent convex inD.

Proof. If we definew(z)by (2.10) 1 + zf⁰⁰(z)

f⁰(z) −p= p

2w(z), (p∈N, z∈D),

thenw(z)satisfies the conditions of Jack’s Lemma. Making use of the same technique as in the proof of Theorem2.2, we can easily get the desired proof of Theorem 2.4.

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We …nd that

zf0(z)

f(z) (p+ ) = +P₁

k=2(k )ak+pz^k ¹ 1 +P₁

k=2a_k+pz^k ¹ < +P₁

k=2(k )jak+pj 1 P₁

k=2ja_k+pj

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2 + X1

k=2

(2k+p )jak+pj < p+ :

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This shows that the values of the function

(z) = zf0(z)

f(z)

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lie in a circle which is centered at

(p+ )

and whose radius is

^p+₂ ;which

means that

^zf_f_(z)⁰^(z) 2 :

Hence

f(z) 2SP_p( ):

The following diagram shows

¹

2

when

p= 3

and the circle centered at

7

2

with radius

⁷₄ :

10 8

6 4

2 5

2.5

0

-2.5

-5

x y

6

Figure 1.

Theorem 2.4. Letf(z)∈A(p).If (2.11)

∞

X

k=2

(k+p)(2k+p−α)|a_k+p|< p(p−α), thenf(z)∈U CV_p(α).

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Proof. It is sufficient to show that

1 + zf⁰⁰(z)

f⁰(z) −(p+α)

< p+α 2 .

Making use of the same technique as in the proof of Theorem 2.3, we can prove inequality (2.8).

The following theorems give the sufficient conditions for uniformlyp-valent close- to-convex functions.

Theorem 2.5. Letf(z)∈A(p).If f(z)satisfies the following inequality

(2.12) <e

zf⁰⁰(z) f⁰(z)

< p− 2 3, thenf(z)is uniformly p-valent close-to-convex inD.

Proof. If we definew(z)by

(2.13) f⁰(z)

z^p−1 −p= p

2w(z), (p∈N, z ∈D),

then clearly, w(z)is analytic inD andw(0) = 0.Furthermore, by logarithmically differentiating (2.10), we find that

(2.14) zf⁰⁰(z)

f⁰(z) = (p−1) + zw⁰(z) 2 +w(z).

Therefore, by using the conditions of Jack’s Lemma and (2.11), we have

<e

z0f⁰⁰(z0) f⁰(z₀)

= (p−1) +c<e

w(z0) 2 +w(z₀)

=p−1 + c

3 > p− 2 3

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which contradicts the hypotheses (2.9). Thus, we conclude that |w(z)| < 1for all z ∈D; and equation (2.10) yields the inequality

f⁰(z) z^p−1 −p

< p

2, (p∈N, z ∈D) which implies that ^f_zp−1⁰^(z) ∈Ω, which means

<e

f⁰(z) z^p−1

≥

f⁰(z) z^p−1 −p

and, hencef(z)is uniformlyp-valent close-to-convex inD.

Theorem 2.6. Letf(z)∈A(p).If

∞

X

k=2

(k+p)|ak+p|< p−α 2 , thenf(z)∈U CC_p(α).

By takingp= 1in Theorems2.2and2.6respectively, we have

Corollary 2.7. Letf(z)∈A(1).Iff(z)satisfies the following inequality:

<e





zf^”(z) f⁰(z) zf⁰(z)

f(z) −1



< 5 3, thenf(z)is uniformly starlike inD.

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Corollary 2.8. Letf(z)∈A(1).If f(z)satisfy the following inequality

<e

zf⁰⁰(z) f⁰(z)

< 1 3, thenf(z)is uniformly close-to-convex inD.

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