Some criteria for univalence of analytic functions involving generalized fractional calculus operators (Q4941486)

Many papers in the theory of univalent functions are devoted to linear integral or integro-differential operators which map the class \({\mathcal S}\) (of normalized analytic and univalent functions in the open unit disk \(U\)) and its subclasses into themselves. Here we propose sufficient conditions that guarantee such mappings in the case of the generalized fractional integrals and derivatives, encompassing all the linear integro-differential operators already used in papers on univalent functions. These operators are defined by means of single integrals (differintegrals) involving Meijer's \(G\)-functions (or, more generally, Fox's \(H\)-functions) as kernels, but also represent \(m\)-tuple compositions (\(m>1\)) of classical Erdélyi-Kober operators [\textit{V. Kiryakova}, Generalized fractional calculus and applications (1994; Zbl 0882.26003)]. In particular, the hypergeometric operators of Saigo [see, e.g., \textit{H. M. Srivastava, M. Saigo} and \textit{S. Owa}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 131, 412-420 (1988; Zbl 0628.30014)] and Hohlov follow as special cases when \(m=2\). Thus, our results are direct generalization of the Hohlov's criteria for convolution operators preserving univalent functions [\textit{Yu. Hohlov}, Pliska, Stud. Math. Bulg. 10, 87-92 (1989; Zbl 0829.30007)].