Abstract
The word “symmetry” is a Greek word that originated from “symmetria”. It means an agreement in dimensions, due proportion, and arrangement; however, in complex analysis, it means objects remaining invariant under some transformation. This idea has now been recently used in geometric function theory to modify the earlier classical q-derivative introduced by Ismail et al. due to its better convergence properties. Consequently, we introduce a new class of analytic functions by using the notion of q-symmetric derivative. The investigation in this paper obtains a number of the latest important results in q-theory, including coefficient inequalities and convolution characterization of q-symmetric starlike functions related to Janowski mappings.
1. Introduction and Preliminaries
Let be the class of analytic functions having the series form
Let denote the subclasses of consisting of functions that are univalent in ℧. We say is subordinate to (written as or ) if there exists a Schwarz function such that for all []. For with and , the convolution of f and g depicted by is defined as
Let denote the class of all functions such that the following subordination condition is satisfied:
If we choose and in (2), then and , respectively []. In particular, if , the class reduces to the usual class of functions with positive real part, and and of starlike and convex functions, respectively.
q-calculus is a significant concept in modern mathematics. It also plays a crucial role in many fields of physics such as cosmic strings and black holes, nuclear and high energy physics []. This idea of q-calculus was developed by Jackson [] and its calculus is based on q-derivative
We observed that several results in the area of q-theory are analogs of the important results from the classical analysis.
In geometric function theory (GFT), Ismail et al. [] first utilized the q-derivative to define the class of starlike functions. As a result, numerous articles (which contain new ideas or nice extensions of the classical classes in GFT) are scattered in the literature. We refer the reader to [,,,,,] and the references cited therein, for the most recent work; therefore, the generalization of q-calculus popped up in different subjects, such as complex analysis, hypergeometric series, statistics and particle physics. Alb Lupaş [] used the techniques of differential subordination to study the geometric properties of q-Sălăgean differential operator. Altintaş and Mustafa [] introduced new classes of analytic functions defined by q-operator and gave the necessary condition for analytic functions to be members of those classes. In addition, they established the growth and distortion results related with these families of functions. Closely related to the classes of Altintaş and Mustafa, Orhan et al. [] studied the Fekete–Szegö problem connected to a new class of analytic functions.
However, in the “Survey-cum-expository” by Srivastava [], it was noted that the so-called -calculus extension is a rather trivial and inconsequential variation of the classical q-calculus, the additional parameter p being redundant.
For a fixed and , the q-symmetric derivative of a function at a point is defined by
The q-symmetric quantum calculus has been resourceful in many areas of study; for instance, in quantum mechanics. It was noted in [] that the q-symmetric derivative has, in general, better convergence properties than the classical q-derivative.
Recently, this concept of the derivative has been used to introduce and study different classes of univalent functions. In this direction, Kanas et al. [], using the notion of the symmetric operator of q-derivative, defined and studied a new family of univalent functions in a conic region. Khan et al. [,] slightly modified this Kanas class and investigated certain properties associated with the class, which include structural formula, necessary and sufficient conditions, coefficient estimates, Fekete–Szegö problem, distortion inequalities, closure theorem and subordination results. It is worthy of note that results presented by Khan et al. in [,] have no significant difference. Moreover, Seoudy [] introduced certain classes of symmetric q-starlike and symmetric q-convex functions. For these classes, he obtained convolution properties and coefficient inequalities. Zhang et al. [] initiated symmetric Salagean q-differential operator and then used it to introduce the class of harmonic univalent functions. Then, they examined many interesting properties associated with the defined class. Furthermore, very recently, Khan et al. [] extended the notion of q-symmetric derivative to multivalent functions. They introduced multivalent q-symmetric starlike functions and obtained its geometric characterizations.
Motivated by these current developments, we initiate the class of q-symmetric starlike functions of the Janowski type and examine many coefficient inequalities and sufficient conditions for this class. In addition, a convolution property for it is established.
Next, we present some fundamental preliminaries which are necessary for our findings.
Definition 1
([]). Let . Then, the symmetric q-number denoted by is defined as
and the symmetric q-derivative of a function in ℧ is given by
We note that the symmetric q- number is not reducible to the classical q-number. It is cleared from the above definition that for given by (1), we have
Let , we have the following rules for q-symmetric difference operator.
Theorem 1
([]). Let be q-symmetric differentiable and . Then
- (a)
- if and onlyis a constant;
- (b)
- ;
- (c)
- ;
- (d)
- .
Definition 2
([]). Let and . Then if and only if
By the principle of subordination, if and only if
Definition 3
([]). Let and . Then if and only if
where
One way to extend the class is to assume that the function
Then, the appropriate definition of the corresponding class is given as:
Definition 4.
Let , and . Then if and only if
where
Equivalently, if and only if
Remark 1.
- (a)
- .
- (b)
- For and , then reduces to .
- (c)
- For and as , then is equivalent to the usual class of starlike functions.
Definition 5
(Subordinating Factor Sequence). A sequence of complex number is called a subordinating factor sequence if, whenever of the form (1) is analytic, univalent and convex in ℧, we have the subornation given by
The following results are required for our findings.
Lemma 1
([]). Let . Then for a real σ,
When or , equality holds if and only if or one of its rotations. If , then equality holds if and only if or one of its rotations. Equality holds for if and only if
or one of its rotations while for , equality holds if and only if is the reciprocal of one of the functions such that the equality holds true in the case when .
In addition, the sharp upper bound above can be improved as follows when :
and
Lemma 2
([]). The sequence is a subordinating factor sequence if and only if
2. Main Results
In this section, we present our main findings and assume and in the entire presentation.
Theorem 2.
Proof.
From the definition of , we have
where with , and . A computation gives
where and are defined by (6). From (7), we have
Comparing coefficients for , we have
It is observed that the coefficient on the right side of (9) depends only on on the left side; therefore, we can write (8) as
That is
Applying the method of Clunie and Keogh [], we arrive at
where
This means that
Integrating around the circle and on the account of Parseval’s identity ([], p. 100), we have
Letting , we have
where we obtain
□
As , and in Theorem 2, respectively, we are led to the following results.
Corollary 1.
- (a)
- , then for ,
- (b)
- , then
- (c)
- ([], Theorem 4) , then
Theorem 3.
Let . then if
The inequality is sharp for the function
Proof.
Suppose (10) holds. We need to show that
Now,
This last inequality is bounded by provided (10) is satisfied. Thus, . □
Corollary 2.
Let . then if
Setting and in Theorem 3, respectively, we have the following results.
Corollary 3.
Let .
- (a)
- Ifthen .
- (b)
- Ifthen .
Theorem 4.
It is also asserted that
and
where
Each of these inequalities is sharp.
Proof.
By the definition of , we have that
where is a Schwarz function. Using the relationship between and , we have
Therefore,
Similarly,
Consequently, for ,
Thus, by applying Lemma 1, we obtain the required result. □
In particular, when , Theorem 4 produces the following result.
Corollary 4.
It is also asserted that
and
where
Each of these inequalities is sharp.
Remark 2.
Corollary 4 reduces to the result of Hayami and Owa ([], Corollary 3) for the class as .
Theorem 5.
Proof.
Let . In addition, let and assume . Then we readily have
Therefore, by Definition 5, (14) will hold if
is a subordinating factor sequence (with ). Appealing to Lemma 2, we arrive at
Now, since
is an increasing function for , we have
where we have used (10). This proves the result. Next, for sharpness, we consider
Then by (14), we have
In its particular case, when , Theorem 5 produce the following Corollary.
Corollary 5.
Theorem 6.
Let . Then if and only if
where
and
with
Proof.
Let . Then is analytic in ℧. Therefore, in ℧. Thus, there exists analytic in ℧ with and in ℧ such that
which is equivalent to
Conversely, since , then in ℧. Therefore, the function is analytic in ℧ with . In the first part of the proof, we observe that (20) and
are equivalent. Let
Then
Thus, the connected part of contains the simply connected domain ; therefore, the univalence of the function in ℧ and the fact that affirm that in ℧. Hence, . □
3. Conclusions
In this findings, we introduced the class of analytic functions by using the notion of q-symmetric derivative, and obtained coefficient related results. Furthermore, some convolution characterization associated with were presented. The consequences of our investigation include known and new results.
It is interesting to note that this presented work could be investigated under the context of multivalent functions and some geometric characterizations such as the Fekete–Szegö inequality, Hankel determinant, growth and distortion problems could be explored. In addition, using the theory of differential subordination, Sandwich-type results could be examined for this present class of functions. For more details about the suggested work, one may go through [,]. Overall, the results presented here could represent a starting point for full investigations into the study of Janowski functions in the framework of q-symmetric calculus.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, A.S.; Formal analysis, A.S.; Investigation, A.S., I.A.-S., S.N.M., J.G. and N.A; Methodology, A.S., I.A.-S., S.N.M., J.G. and N.A; Project administration, A.S., I.A.-S., S.N.M. and J.G.; Validation, A.S., I.A.-S., S.N.M. and J.G.; Writing—original draft, A.S.; Writing— review and editing, A.S., I.A.-S., S.N.M., J.G. and N.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
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Informed Consent Statement
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Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Acknowledgments
The first author is indebted to his teachers, Khalida Inayat Noor (at COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan) and K.O Babalola (at University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria), for their active roles in his academic development.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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