On extremal problems related to integral transforms of a class of analytic functions (Q2644032)

For \(\gamma\geqslant 0\) and \(\beta <1\) given, let \(\mathcal P_\gamma(\beta)\) denote the class of all analytic functions \(f\) in the unit disk \(\mathbb D\) with the normalization \(f(0) = f'(0)-1=0\) and satisfying the condition \(\text{Re}\{e^{i\phi}(f'(z)+\gamma zf''(z)-\beta)\}>0\), \(z\in\mathbb D,\) for some \(\phi\in\mathbb R\). The authors investigate the integral transform \(V_\lambda(f)(z) =\int_0^1\lambda(t) (f(tz)/t)\,dt\), where \(\lambda\) is a nonnegative real valued function normalized by \(\int_0^1\lambda(t)\,dt =1\). The authors get conditions on the number \(\beta\) and the function \(\lambda\) such that \(V_\lambda(f)\) is starlike of order \(\mu\) when \(f\in\mathcal P_\gamma(\beta)\). As applications the authors study various choices of \(\lambda(t)\), related to classical integral transforms. Denote by \(S^\ast(\mu)\), \(0\leqslant\mu\leqslant 1\), the set of all starlike functions of order \(\mu\). Define \[ \lambda(t)=\begin{cases} (a+1)(b+1)\frac{t^a(1-t^{b-a})}{b-a}\quad &\text{for } b\neq a, \;a > -1,\;b> -1,\\ (a+1)^2t^a\log(1/t)\quad &\text{for } b=a,\;a >-1. \end{cases} \] In this case \(V_\lambda(f)(z)\) becomes the convolution operator \[ G_f(a, b;z):=\left(\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(1+a)(1+b)}{(n+a)(n+ b)}z^n\right)\ast f(z). \] Introduce the function \[ g(t)=\frac{1}{\gamma}\int_0^1s^{(1/\gamma)-1}\left[\frac{1+ \mu-(1-\mu)st}{(1-\mu)(1+st)}-\frac{2\mu}{1-\mu}\frac{\log(1+st)}{st}\right] \,ds. \] (i) Let \(a\in (-1,2]\) and \(b\geqslant a\). If \(\beta\) is given by \[ \frac{\beta}{1-\beta} =-\int_0^1\lambda(t)g(t)\,dt, \] then, for \(f\in\mathcal P_\gamma(\beta)\), the function \(G_f(a, b; z)\in S^\ast(\mu)\). (ii) Let \(-1 < a \leqslant 2\), \(p\geqslant 1\), \(\mu\in (0, 1/2]\), \(f\in\mathcal P_\gamma(\beta)\) with \(\gamma\geqslant1/2\), and \(\beta<1\) with \[ \frac{\beta}{1-\beta} =-\frac{(1+ a)^p}{\Gamma(p)}\int_0^1t^a\left(\log(1/t)\right)^{p-1}g(t)\,dt. \] Then the Hadamard product function \[ \Phi_p(a; z)\ast f(z) =\frac{(1+ a)^p}{\Gamma(p)}\int_0^1\left(\log(1/t)\right)^{p-1}t^{a-1}f(tz)\,dt \] belongs to \(S^\ast(\mu)\). (iii) Let \(a\), \(b\), \(c>0\), \(\gamma\geqslant 1/2\), \(\mu\in (0, 1/2]\), and \(\beta =\beta_{a,b,c,\gamma,\mu}\) with \[ \frac{\beta}{1-\beta} =-K\int_0^1 t^{b-1}(1-t)^{c-a-b}\phi(1-t)g(t)\,dt, \] where \(K\) is a constant such that \(K\int_0^1t^{b-1}(1-t)^{c-a-b}\phi(1-t)\,dt=1\). Then for \(f\in\mathcal P_\gamma(\beta)\), the function \[ V_\lambda(f)=K\int_0^1 t^{b-1}(1-t)^{c-a-b}\phi(1-t)(f(tz)/t)\,dt \] belongs to \(S^\ast(\mu)\) whenever \(a\), \(b\), \(c\) are related by the condition \(0 < b\leqslant 1\) and \(c\leqslant a + b\). In all three cases the values of \(\beta\) are sharp.