On certain properties for some classes of starlike functions (Q919480)

Let A denote the class of functions of the form \[ f(z)=z+\sum^{\infty}_{k=2}a_ kz^ k \] which are analytic in the unit disc U. If \(f\in A\) and in addition \[ Re(\frac{zf'(z)}{f(z)})>\alpha,\quad 0\leq \alpha <1,\quad z\in U \] the function is said to be in \(S^*(\alpha)\). \(S^*\) stands for \(S^*(0)\). For a function f(z) in A and \(-1\leq b<a\leq 1\) denote the class \(S^*[a,b]\) of those functions in A satisfying in addition \[ \frac{zf'(z)}{f(z)}\prec \frac{1+az}{1+bz}. \] Theorem 1 gives a criterion for a function to belong to \(S^*[a,b]\). Corollary 1 gives a criterion for a function to belong to \(S^*(\alpha)\). All results depend on an earlier theorem of Miller and Mocanu on differential subordinations.