\(\alpha\)-logarithmically convex functions (Q1287054)

Let \(A\) denote the class of normalised analytic functions \(f\) defined by \(f(z) = z + a_2z^2 +\dots\) for \(z\in D = \{z : | z| < 1\}\). For \(\alpha\geq 0\) the authors introduce the class \(M^\alpha\) of normalised analytic \(\alpha\)-logarithmically convex functions defined in the open unit disc \(D\) by \[ \text{Re} \left\{\left(1+ \frac{zf''(z)}{f'(z)}\right)^\alpha\left(\frac{zf'(z)}{f(z)}\right)^{1-\alpha}\right\} > 0. \] For \(f\in M^\alpha\), a best possible subordination theorem is obtained which implies that \(M^\alpha\) forms a subset of the starlike functions \(S^*\). Some extreme coefficient problems are also solved. This definition and some properties are inspired by the well known \(\alpha\)-convex functions, introduced in 1969 by P. T. Mocanu. The principal proofs of this paper are based on the so called ``admissible functions method'' defined and developed by P. T. Mocanu and S. S. Miller, method which used differential subordinations.