Neighbourhoods of a certain subclass of \(SP(\beta)\) (Q1038548)

The authors define and study a subclass of the subclass \(\text{SP}(\beta)\) due to Ronning. Ronning's subclass of analytic functions is defined by using the starlike form: \[ \Biggl|{zf'(z)\over f(z)}- \beta\Biggr|\leq \text{Re}\Biggl\{{rf'(z)\over f(z)}\Biggr\}+ \beta,\qquad 0< \beta<\infty. \] While the authors define the subclass \(\text{SP}_s(\beta)\), by using the Sakaguchi form as follows: \[ \Biggl|{zf'(z)\over f(z)- f(-z)}- \beta\Biggr|\leq \text{Re}\Biggl\{{zf'(z)\over f(z)- f(-z)}\Biggr\}+ \beta,\qquad 0<\beta<\infty. \] The work is divided into the following studies: (1) They give a geometric representation for the functions \(f\in \text{SP}_s(\beta)\). In this case, the geometric face is a parabola with vertex at the origin parameterized by \({t^2+ 4i\beta t\over 4\beta}\). (2) They define another class of analytic functions denoted by \(\text{SP}_s'(\beta)\). Coefficient bounds of this class are introduced, and other properties related to the class \(\text{SP}_s(\beta)\) are established . (3) By using the class \(\text{SP}_s'(\beta)\), they give necessary and sufficient conditions for a function to belong to the class \(\text{SP}_s(\beta)\). This characterization leads to some other properties like \(T\)-\(S\)-neighborhoods. (4) It is shown that the class \(\text{SP}_s(\beta)\) is closed under convolution with functions which are convex and univalent in the unit disk.