Notes on certain analytic functions (Q919481)

Let \(S^*(\alpha)\) be the class of functions which satisfy \[ | \arg (\frac{zf'(z)}{f(z)})| <\frac{\pi}{2}\alpha \text{ for some } \alpha,\quad 0<\alpha \leq 1, \] and for all \(z\in U\) (the unit disc). If \(\alpha =1\) we have the class of starlike functions. A function f(z) is said to be convex of order \(\alpha\) if it satisfies \[ Re(1+\frac{zf''(z)}{f'(z)})>\alpha \text{ for some } \alpha,\quad 0\leq \alpha <1. \] The class of these functions is denoted by K(\(\alpha\)). Theorem 2 of the authors: If \(f(z)=z+a_ 2z^ 2+..\). analytic in U and belong to K(\(\alpha\)) for \(\leq \alpha <1\) then \(f(z)\in S^*(2(1- \alpha))\). The proof uses a lemma of Sheil-Small about the variation of the argument of starlike functions.