Integral means of univalent functions with restricted Hayman index (Q1121399)

For univalent functions f in the class S the Hayman index \(\alpha\) is defined by \(\alpha =\lim_{r\to 1}M(r,f)/M(r,k),\) where k denotes the Koebe function. Hayman proved that the ratio of the maximum moduli decreases as r increases, so that the inequality M(r,f)\(\geq \alpha M(r,k)\) is true for \(0<r<1\). Kamotskii proved that this inequality also holds when the maximum moduli are replaced by integral means of order p, provided \(p=1,2\), or 3. It is an interesting open problem to determine if the inequality holds for all \(p\in (0,\infty)\). Here the author proves that it does when \(2<p<3\), and also when \(p=4\) provided f is real on the real axis. The most ambitious result of Kamotskii type would be to prove it when p-means are replaced by general log-convex means, but the author shows this is false in general, although true when the logarithmic coefficients satisfy \(| \gamma_ n| \leq n^{-1}\). The proofs, which use a number of different ideas for estimating means, are varied and clever.