Volume 2011, Issue 1 804150
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Starlikeness Properties of a New Integral Operator for Meromorphic Functions

Aabed Mohammed

Aabed Mohammed

School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor D. Ehsan, Malaysia ukm.my

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Maslina Darus

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Maslina Darus

School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor D. Ehsan, Malaysia ukm.my

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First published: 26 July 2011
Citations: 12
Academic Editor: Pablo Gonza′lez-Vera

Abstract

We define here an integral operator for meromorphic functions in the punctured open unit disk. Several starlikeness conditions for the integral operator are derived.

1. Introduction

Let Σ denotes the class of functions of the form
()
which are analytic in the punctured open unit disk
()
where 𝕌 is the open unit disk 𝕌 = {z : |z| < 1}.
We say that a function fΣ is meromorphic starlike of order α  (0 ≤ α < 1), and belongs to the class Σ*(α), if it satisfies the inequality
()
A function fΣ is a meromorphic convex function of order α  (0 ≤ α < 1), if f satisfies the following inequality
()
and we denote this class by Σk(α).

Analogous to the integral operator defined by Breaz et al. [1] on the normalized analytic functions, we now define the following integral operator on the space meromorphic functions in the class ∑.

Definition 1.1. Let n,   γi > 0,   i ∈ {1,2, 3, …, n}. We define the integral operator by

()
For the sake of simplicity, from now on we will write instead of .

By , we denote the class of functions fΣ such that

()
In order to derive our main results, we have to recall here the following preliminary results.

Lemma 1.2 (see [2].)Suppose that the function Ψ :   2 satisfies the following condition:

()
If the function p(z) = 1 + p1z + ⋯ is analytic in 𝕌 and
()
then,
()

Proposition 1.3 (see [3].)If fΣ satisfying

()
then,
()

2. Starlikeness of the Operator

In this section, we investigate sufficient conditions for the integral operator which is defined in Definition 1.1, to be in the class Σ*(α),   0 ≤ α < 1.

Theorem 2.1. Let fi ∈ ∑,   γi > 0 for all    i ∈ {1, …, n}. If

()
then belongs to Σ*(0).

Proof. On successive differentiation of , which is defined in (1.5), we get

()
Then from (2.2), we obtain
()
By multiplying (2.3) with z yield,
()
That is equivalent to
()
Or
()
We can write the left-hand side of (2.6), as the following:
()
We define the regular function p in 𝕌 by
()
and p(0) = 1. Differentiating p(z) logarithmically, we obtain
()
From (2.7), (2.8), and (2.9), we obtain
()
Let us put
()
From (2.1), (2.10), and (2.11), we obtain
()
Now, we proceed to show that
()
Indeed, from (2.11), we have
()
Thus, from (2.12), (2.14), and by using Lemma 1.2, we conclude that {p(z)} > 0, and so
()
that is, is starlike of order 0.

Theorem 2.2. For i ∈ {1, …, n}, let γi > 0 and fiΣk(αi)  (0 ≤ αi < 1). If be the integral operator given by (1.5) and

()
Then belong to Σ*(μ), where .

Proof. Following the same steps as in Theorem 2.1, we obtain

()
Taking the real part of both terms of the last expression, we have
()
Since fiΣk(αi),    for   i ∈ {1, …, n}, we receive
()
Therefore,
()
Using (2.16), (2.20), and applying Proposition 1.3, we get , where .

Letting αi = α,     i ∈ {1, …, n} in Theorem 2.2, we get the following.

Corollary 2.3. For i ∈ {1, …, n}, let γi > 0 and fiΣk(α)  (0 ≤ α < 1). If

()
be the integral operator given by (1.5) and
()
Then is starlike of order .

Theorem 2.4. For i ∈ {1, …, n}, let γi > 0 and . If

()
be the integral operator given by (1.5) and
()
Then is starlike of order .

Proof. Following the same steps as in Theorem 2.1, we obtain

()
We calculate the real part from both terms of the above equality and obtain
()
Since for all i ∈ {1, …, n}, the above relation then yields
()
Because , we obtain that
()
Using (2.24), (2.28) and applying Proposition 1.3, we get is a starlike function of order

Letting βi = β, i ∈ {1, …, n} in Theorem 2.4, we get the following.

Corollary 2.5. For i ∈ {1, …, n}, let γi > 0 and . If

()
be the integral operator given by (1.5) and
()
Then is starlike of order .

Letting n = 1,   γ1 = γ and f1 = f in Corollary 2.5, we get the following.

Corollary 2.6. Let γ > 0, and . If

()
γ(z) be the integral operator,
()
Then γ(z) is starlike of order 1 − (1 − β)γ.

Other work related to integral operator for different studies can also be found in [46].

Acknowledgments

The work here was supported by MOHE Grant: UKM-ST-06-FRGS0244-2010. The authors also would like to thank the referee for his/her careful reading and making some valuable comments which have improved the presentation of this paper.

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