Univalence criteria and analogues of the John constant (Q2872008)

In complex analysis a great number of articles is devoted to sufficient conditions for a given function \(f\) analytic in \(\mathbb{D}=\{z\in \mathbb{C}: |z|<1\}\) to be univalent. Usually these conditions are formulated as estimations of functionals, depending on \(f.\) In particular, the authors describe John's known result, where such functionals are \( M(f)=\sup_{z\in\mathbb{D}} |f'(z)|\) and \( m(f)=\inf_{z\in\mathbb{D}} |f'(z)|\). In the article, the authors prove sufficient univalence conditions for a function \(f\) analytic in \(\mathbb{D}\) with \(f(0)=0\) and \(f'(0)\neq 0\), using the functionals \( L(f)=\sup_{z\in\mathbb{D}} |\frac {zf'(z)}{f(z)}|\) and \( l(f)=\inf_{z\in\mathbb{D}} |\frac {zf'(z)}{f(z)}|\). Herewith the authors pose the following problems: NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE 1) Find the maximal number \(\delta_1 >0\) such that if \(L(f)\leq e^\delta l(f)\), \(0<\delta<\delta_1\), then \(f\) is univalent in \(\mathbb{D}\); NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE 2) Find the maximal number \(\delta_0 >0\) such that if \(e^{-\delta/2}\leq l(f)\leq L(f)\leq e^{\delta/2}\), \(0<\delta<\delta_0\), then \(f\) is univalent in \(\mathbb{D}\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE In the paper, estimations of \(\delta_0\) and \(\delta_1\) are obtained. This result improves the estimations proved earlier by the authors.