A sharp criterion for starlikeness (Q2565340)

The authors give a new sharp criterion for starlikeness. If \(f\) is analytic in the unit disc and \(f(0)=0\) then \[ \Biggl|1+{zf''(z)\over f'(z)}\Biggr|< M_0= 2.84116,\dots,z\in U \] implies starlikeness of \(f\) in \(U\), where \(M_0\) is sharp. The main tool is a special case of Briot-Bouquet differential subordinations which is obtained using results in an earlier paper of Miller and Mocanu published in 1992.