Internat. J. Math. & Math. Sci. Vol. 9 No. 3 (1986) 435-438 435 ON ALPHA-CLOSE-TO-CONVEX FUNCTIONS OF ORDER BETA M.A. NASR Faculty of Science University of Mansoura Mansoura, Egypt (Received January 9, 1985) ABSTRACT Let MB() [ > 0 and B -> O] denote the class of all functions f(z) z + z a n z n--2 analytic in the unit disc U with f (z)f(z)/z 0 and which satisfy for z=re the condition - Re (1 ) zf + (I + zf"(z)) do > f( f (z) for all e > 2 s I. In this note we show that each fmb() is close-to-star of order m when o < (. KEY WORDS AND PHRASES. Close-to-staa, functions, close-to-convex functions, a-convex functions. 1980 MATHEMATICS SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION CODE. 30 C45 I. NTRODUCTI ON. A shall denote the class of all functions f(z) =z + z z n=2ar, n analytic in the unit disc U {z-lzl<1} and S shall denote the subclass of functions in A which are univalent in U. Let a_>o, _>o, and let f A with f (z)f(z)/z 0 in b, and let J (, f) (I- ) zf (z) - + f(z) (i + zf"(z)). f"(z) (I I) If for z re i( U" le2 { Re d(a, f)l de > (1.2) whenever 0-< 01 < e 2 2, then f is said to be an -close-to-convex function of order or f MB(). The class MB() was introduced by Nasr[l].
436 M.A. NASR It was shown [1] that MB()CS if and only if 0-< B < o. Note that M B (1) K B, is the class of close-to-convex functions of order B introduced by Reade [2] and studied by Goodman [3] for B -> and by Pommerenke [4] for 0 _< B < 1, and MB(O) R B is the class of close-to-star functions of order introduced by Goodman [3]. Moreover Mo(o) M(o) is the class of s-convex functions introduced by Mocanu [5] and M y/o ) By(o), o > O, is the class of Bazilevi functions of order y introduced by Nasr [6]. In this note we continue the investigation of o-close-to-convex functions of order B studied in [I]. 2. RESULTS In this section we show that each f MB(o) is close-to-star of order B when 0 < o. For >_ we show each f () is close-to-convex of order when M 0 < _< o and if f M(), then f M(y) when 0 < B < y -<. We assume, unless otherwise stated, that o is a real number, that 0 r and that z=re io Also that 0 < o We shall need the following result. LEMMA I" If f MB(y), then the function h given by h(z) f(z) (zf (z)/f(z)) (2.1) belongs to RB (The powers taken are the principal values). PROOF" Let f MB(). If we choose the branch of (zf (z)/f(z)) which is equal o when z 0 a simple calculation shows that the function h defined by (2.1) belongs to RB THEOREM i- If f MB(o) then f R B PROOF" Since f MB(o) it follows from Lenma that foe } fz,( Re d-- d0 Re I h(z) } zh z) do 8 (2.2) In (2.2) we choose the branches for f(z) 1/a and h(z) a for which h(z)o/f(z) (h(z)/f(z)) (2.3) with value for z=o. If we use (2.1), (2.2) and (2.3) it is easy to prove that Of102 Re {h(z)/f(z) 1/}dO TI. (2.4) In fact, since f is univalent, we can let w f(z), z z(w) f- (w) and w pe to obtain
ALPHA-CLOSE-TO-CONVEX FUNCTIONS OF ORDER BETA 437 h(z). 1/a f(z)/ 1/6 I w dw II d_ /P [ h{z(pei@))] i/a p o d (pe i@ -/ dp [P d [ h(z) P d [f(z)] II TT-- o l/a 1/a p dp. Hece o h(z) Re {fi)i/a I do Re { d[h(z)]l/4 dp. The result now follows frgm (2.1) and (2.4). COROLLARY 1- If f MI(), -> 1, then f K. PROOF" Let f M6(), -> 1, then S2 42 Re {(I+ zf"(z) 1) O f,--z) } zf (z_)} de e- Re f(z) Now from THEOREM I, we have Re zf (z)/f(z) do -I, and therefore do 76. el Re (1+ de > (-1)13 6-6 f (z) and the proof of Corollary is complete. COROLLARY 2" If f M6(), 0 6 -< y < &, thep f M PROOF- By THEOREN 1, f R 6. Suppose there exists a y 0 < 6 y -< e, such that f N 6 (y). Then there is U for which Re + 1- de 01 f r, < 13 so2 Re { [ ]I f () do 01 f-tt)--- However, for f (z.5) 2 Re + f() (2.6)
438 M.A. NASR Substituting (2.5) into (2.6), we obtain 0 < 2 (I- T) [B + Re f () { [ Tf (T) ]}de < B1B2 e But (1 )<0 implies Re f() tion that f R B. Thus f e MB(y). do] -B, which contradicts the assump- REMARK- For B 0 we obtain results due to Miller, Mocanu and Reade [7]. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author would like to thank Professor M. O. Reade for reading the manuscript and giving some helpful suggestions. REFERENCES i. NASR, M. A., Alpha-Close-to-Convex Functions of Order Beta, Mathematica 24 79-83. 2. READE, M. 0., The Coefficients of Close-to-Convex Functions, Duke Math. Journal 23 (1950), 459-462. 3. GOODMAN, A. W., On Close-to-Convex Functions of Higher Order, Ann. Univ. Sci. Budapest Eotvos sect. Math. 2 5 (1972), 17-30. 4. POMMERENKE, C., On the Coefficients of Close-to-Convex Functions, Michigan Math Journal, 9 (1962), 259-269. 5. MOCANU, P. T., Une Properiete de Convexite Generalisee dans la Theorie de la Rpresentation Conform, Mathematica Ii (1969) 127-133. 6. NASR, M. A., Bazilevivc Functions of Higher Order, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures er A_p_p_. 28 (1983) 709-714. 7. MILLER, S. S., MOCANU, P. T., AND READE, M. A., All s-convex Functions are Univalent and Starlike, Proc. Amer. Math Sco. 37 (1973) 552-554.
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