Abstract
In the Geometric Theory of Analytic Functions, classes of functions with several normalizations are considered. We consider the symmetric idea for harmonic functions. Classes of harmonic functions f with normalization are usually considered in the geometric theory of harmonic functions. The normalization is called the classical normalization. We can obtain some interesting results by using Montel’s normalization , where In the paper, we consider the class of harmonic functions with Montel’s normalization associated with the generalized hypergeometric function.
MSC:
30C45; 30C50; 30C55
1. Introduction
In the Geometric Theory of Analytic Functions, classes of functions with several normalizations are considered. We consider the symmetric idea for harmonic functions. Harmonic functions are famous for their use in the study of minimal surfaces and also play important roles in a variety of problems in applied mathematics. Harmonic functions have been studied by differential geometers such as Choquet [1], Kneser [2], Lewy [3], and Rado [4]. Recent interest in harmonic complex functions has been triggered by geometric function theorists Clunie and Sheil-Small [5] (see also [6,7]). We say that a function is harmonic in a domain if it has continuous second-order formal derivatives and in Let denote the class of functions which are harmonic in and normalized by , . Then, each function can be presented in the form
If then we obtain the classical normalization. We can obtain interesting results by using the normalization due to Montel [8] (see also [9,10]). Let By , we denote the class of function with the normalization
It is clear that for , we obtain the classical normalization. If then (2) can be written in the form
where
We introduce some class of harmonic functions with Montel’s normalization associated with the generalized hypergeometric function.
For positive real parameters , , we define the function
where
and is the Pochhammer symbol defined, in terms of the Gamma function , by
Corresponding to the generalized hypergeometric function, Dziok and Srivastava [11] introduced the linear operator defined on the space of the analytic function by the convolution The linear operator includes such other linear operators, which were considered in earlier works, as (for example) the Hohlov operator, Carlson–Shaffer operator, Ruscheweyh derivatives, generalized Bernardi–Libera–Livingston integral operator, and Srivastava and Owa fractional derivative operator (for details see [11]).
Al-Kharsani and Al-Khal [12] (see also [13,14]) considered a harmonic generalization of the operator . Let , and
Due to Dziok and Srivastava [11], we define the operator by the convolution formula
In particular, we have
and
The operator
is related to the Ruscheweyh derivatives (see [15]), and the operator
is related to the Sălăgean operator [16] (see also [17]).
To define the main class of harmonic functions, we need the definition of the weak subordination due to Mauir [18].
Definition 1.
A complex-valued function f in is said to be weakly subordinate to a complex-valued function in , and we write (or simply ), if there exists a complex-valued function which maps into oneself such that
It is clear that
Definition 2.
By we denote the class of functions of the form
such that
or equivalently
We observe that and are the classes of functions which are starlike in or convex in respectively, for all
In the paper, we obtain some coefficient formulas, distortion theorems, partial sums, convexity, and extreme points for the defined class of functions. The radii of convexity and starlikeness are also considered.
2. Coefficients Conditions
We start with the result, which will be basic in our investigations.
Theorem 1.
Let be of the form (7). Then, if and only if
where
Proof.
Let of the form (7) satisfies the condition (9). Then, if and only if there exists a function such that
or equivalently
By (2) we have
Thus, for , we obtain
Thus, we obtain (11).
Let now Then, it satisfies (11) and (12). Thus, by (7), we can write
Therefore, putting , we obtain
It is clear that the denominator of the left-hand side cannot vanish for Moreover, it is positive for and in consequence for Thus, by (13), we have
Moreover, using (12), we obtain
which yields the assertion (9). □
By applying Theorem 1, we obtain the following corollaries.
Corollary 1.
Let a function f of the form (7) belongs to the class and let be defined by (10). If
then
The result is sharp, and the functions and of the form
are the extremal functions.
Corollary 2.
Let a function f of the form (7) belong to the class and let be defined by (10). Then, all of the coefficients in the class for which and all of the coefficients in the class for which are unbounded. Moreover, if there exists such that
then all of the coefficients in the class are unbounded.
Proof.
If
for some then the function
belongs to the class for all positive real numbers Thus, the coefficient in the class is unbounded. If there exists such that
then for any such that
the function
where
belong to the class Since b can be any positive real number, the coefficient in the class is unbounded. Analogously, if
for some then the function
belongs to the class for all positive real numbers Thus, the coefficient in the class is unbounded. If there exists an integer such that
then for such that
the function
where
belong to the class Since b can be any positive real number, the coefficient in the class is unbounded, and the proof is competed. □
3. Distortion Theorems
From Theorem 1, we have the following lemma.
Lemma 1.
Let a function f of the form (7) belong to the class If the sequences , defined by (10) satisfy the inequalities
then
Remark 1.
Lemma 1 can be rewritten in terms of σ-neighborhood defined by
in the following form:
where
Theorem 2.
Let a function f belong to the class and let If the sequences , defined by (10) satisfy (19), then
where
The result is sharp, with the extremal functions of the form (16) and the functions , of the form
Proof.
First we observe that the sequence is decreasing and positive. Also, if then the sequence is decreasing and positive. Thus, we obtain
Moreover, by Lemma 1, we have (19). Let be of the form (7). Then,
If then by (24), we have
Also, if then
Analogously, we obtain
If and then we obtain If and then by (24), we have
If then by (24), we obtain
and this complete the assertion (21). □
By Corollary 2, we have the following complementary result.
Corollary 3.
Let be defined by (10). If there exists such that
then for each , the set
is unbounded.
Putting in Theorem 2, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 4.
Let a function f belong to the class and let If the sequences defined by (10) satisfy (19), then
where
The result is sharp, with the extremal functions , of the form (23).
Moreover, if then the sequences defined by (10) satisfy (19). Thus, by Theorem 2, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 5.
Let a function f belong to the class and let If then the estimations (21) hold true. The result is sharp, with the extremal functions of the form (16) and (23).
4. Partial Sums
Let f be a function of the form (7). Due to Silvia [19], we investigate the partial sums of the function f defined by
In this section, we consider partial sums of functions in the class and obtain sharp lower bounds for the ratios of the real part of f to
Theorem 3.
Let the sequences
be increasing and not less than 1. If then
and
Proof.
Since
by Theorem 1, we have
Let
Applying (30), we find that
Thus, we have , and by (31), we have the assertion (28) of Theorem 3. Similarly, if we take
and making use of (30), we can deduce that
which leads us immediately to the assertion (29) of Theorem 3. □
5. Convexity and Extreme Points
Theorem 4.
Let and let be defined by (16) and let defined by (10) satisfy (14). Then, if and only if
where
Proof.
Let f of the form (7) belong to the class If we put
and
then by (9), we have i.e., (33) holds. Moreover, we have
and the condition (32) follows.
. Let now a function f of the form (7) satisfy (32). Thus,
where
and
Thus, the function f is of the form (7), and
Finally, we have , which ends the proof. □
Let be a subclass of the class . A function is called an extreme point of if the condition
implies We shall use the notation to denote the set of all extreme points of .
We say that a class is convex if
From Theorem 4, we obtain the following corollary.
Corollary 6.
The class is convex. Moreover,
where and are the functions of the form (16).
6. The Radii of Starlikeness and Convexity
We say that a function is harmonic starlike in if maps onto a domain starlike with respect to the origin (see [20,21]).
Lemma 2.
A function of the form (7) is starlike in if and only if it satisfies the condition
Proof.
A function is starlike in if and only if it maps the circle onto a closed curve that is starlike with respect to the origin i.e.,
It is easy to verify that the condition (35) can be written as
or equivalently
Since for we have
the condition (36) is true if and only if
Since
the condition (37) is equivalent to (34).
□
Analogously, we say that a function is harmonic convex in if maps onto a convex domain, i.e.,
It is clear that any function convex in is also starlike in Moreover, we have the following equivalence.
Corollary 7.
A function is convex in if and only if the function is starlike in
Definition 3.
We say that the number is the radius of the starlikeness of the function if f is starlike in for all Similarly, we say that the number is the radius of convexity of the function if f is convex in for all
Definition 4.
We say that the number is the radius of the starlikeness of the class if each function is starlike in, and we say that the number is the radius of convexity of the class if each function is convex in.
From the definitions, we have
Corollary 8.
Let . If then all of the coefficients of the class are bounded, i.e., for each there exists such that
where f is of the form (7).
Proof.
Let be of the form (7) and . Then, by Lemma 2, we have
Thus, all of the coefficients of the class are bounded. □
Corollary 8 can be written in the following form.
Corollary 9.
If there exists an unbounded coefficient of the class , then .
Thus, by Corollary 2, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 10.
Let be defined by (10). If there exists such that
then
Theorem 5.
Let be defined by (10). If
then
Proof.
Let be of the form (7) with (2). By Theorem 1, we have
Thus, the condition (34) is true if
or equivalently
It follows that , where
and in consequence Since for the functions of the form (16) we have
the radius cannot be larger than . Thus, we have (39). □
From Theorem 5 and Corollary 7, we have the following result.
Theorem 6.
Let be defined by (10). If
then
Let
Then, for , we have
Moreover, if then
Thus, by Theorems 5 and 6, we have the following two corollaries.
Corollary 11.
If then It means that
Corollary 12.
If then It means that
7. Conclusions and Declarations
In the paper, we consider class of functions with Montel’s normalization. The normalization provides additional possibilities. First of all, it gives more general results than classical normalization. Namely, if we put then we obtain the class of harmonic functions with classical normalization. Therefore, putting in the obtained results, we obtain related results for the class Moreover, we obtain results that cannot be obtained for classical normalization. On the other hand, by choosing the parameters of the defined class of functions, we can obtain several new and also well-known results (see for example [9,10,11,12,13,14,15,19,20,21,22,23]).
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
The original contributions presented in this study are included in the article. Further inquiries can be directed to the author.
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares that he has no competing interests.
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