Linear operators associated with<i>k</i>-uniformly convex functions (Q4500489)

In terms of the Hadamard product (or convolution), define the operator \(I_{a,b,c}\) by \[ \bigl[I_{a,b,c} (f)\bigr](z) =f(z)*z_2 F_1(a,b;c;z), \] where the function \(f\) is analytic in the unit disk. The classes of \(k\)-uniformly convex and \(k\)-starlike functions \((0\leq k<\infty)\) denoted by \(k\)-UCV and \(k\)-ST, respectively, were introduced recently (see, for example, \textit{S. Kanas} and \textit{A. Wiśniowska} [Folia Sci. Univ. Tech. Resoviensis Mat. 22(170), 65-78 (1998)]. The object of the present paper is to find conditions on the parameter \(a,b,c\) and \(k\), for which the linear operator \(I_{a,b,c}\) maps the classes of starlike and univalent functions onto \(k\)-UCV and \(k\)-ST.