Abstract
The primary objective of this paper is to introduce and investigate several novel subclasses of bi-univalent functions associated with the q-calculus framework. Using appropriate analytical techniques, we derive coefficient bounds for the initial coefficients of the functions belonging to these newly defined classes. In particular, we provide explicit estimates for the second-order Hankel determinant and address the classical Fekete–Szegö functional problem within the context of these classes under suitable conditions. It is important to note that the findings presented in this work not only contribute to the ongoing development of q-analogs in geometric function theory, but also serve as a unifying generalization of many previously known results, which are obtained as special cases of our main findings.
Keywords:
analytic functions; quasi-subordination; bi-univalent functions; convolution; Hankel determinants MSC:
30C45
1. Introduction
Let the Taylor series representation of an analytic function f in the open unit disk V be given by
and satisfy the normalization conditions and The set of all normalized analytic functions with the series representation given by (1) is denoted by A. The class S contains all those normalized analytic functions that are univalent (one-to-one) on the open unit disk V; for details, see [1,2,3]. Two of the most prominent and widely studied subclasses of S are (the class of starlike functions) and C (the class of convex functions), each has deep theoretical significance and rich structural properties. For every there exists an inverse function which is defined in some neighborhood of the origin. According to the Köebe one-quarter theorem, this neighborhood can be taken as the disk || < , where typically denotes the variable in the image domain of f, that is, (). This ensures that is defined and analytic at least for || < . In some cases, this inverse function can be extended to the entire unit disk V. For more details, see [4,5]. A calculation reveals that the inverse function has the series expansion of the form
A function is termed bi-univalent in V if both f and its inverse are univalent in V. Let denote the class of bi-univalent functions in V (open unit disk) having the series representation provided in (1) (see [6,7] for details). The functions
are examples of bi-univalent functions, with their respective inverses given below:
In coefficient-based problems for bi-univalent functions, Lewin [8] initiated the study by investigating important functionals and estimating inequality bounds. Subsequently, several authors investigated significant and interesting geometrical problems related to subclasses of analytic functions defined within the framework of bi-univalent functions.
In 1933, for with the series representation given in (1), Fekete and Szegö [9] defined the inequality given by
Here, the expression is known as the Fekete–Szegö functional.
In 1966, for having the series representation given in (1), and the j-th Hankel determinant was defined by Pommerenke [10] (see also [11]) as
For and , we have
The value of is a special case of the well-known Fekete–Szegö functional, that is, for . For the Hankel determinant of second-order is given by
Hankel determinants are an effective analytic tool for studying coefficient estimates and structural properties of analytic functions arising from the representation of power series. They facilitate the investigation of various geometric aspects of functions, including growth and distortion properties. Beyond their role in geometric function theory, Hankel determinants are central to random matrix theory, where they are connected with special functions by perturbed Gaussian, Laguerre and Jacobi weights playing a key role in the formulation of partition functions. For further relevant applications, see [12,13,14].
Motivated by these theoretical and applied aspects, several researchers have examined the Hankel determinants within the framework of bi-univalent functions theory. Deniz et al. [15] investigated the second-order Hankel determinants for the classes of bi-starlike and bi-convex functions defined via subordination. Subsequently, Orhan et al. [16] and Mustafa et al. [17] derived bounds for the second-order Hankel determinant for various subclasses of bi-univalent functions. More recently, Shaba et al. [18] obtained sharp estimates for the Fekete–Szegö functional and the second-order Hankel determinant for a subclass of bi-univalent functions associated with a differential operator and q-Limaçon domain.
Let be functions in A with the series representation provided in (1) and ; the convolution or Hadamard product of these functions is represented by and interpreted as
For , the function is said to be subordinate to , written as if there exists a Schwarz function satisfying the following conditions:
such that we can write
In 1970, Robertson [19] introduced the theory of quasi-subordination and majorization. A function is quasi-subordinate to in V, denoted by
if there exist two analytic functions and in V, satisfying the conditions , and such that it can be written as
For , the quasi-subordination becomes ordinary subordination, as , that is, and for is majorized by that is, and denoted by The inclusion of the bounded analytic factor is what extends the subordination to quasi-subordination and relaxes the strict inclusion relation into a more versatile relation , applicable to many classical function classes beyond those preserved under ordinary subordination.
In classical calculus, limits form the foundation of analysis, whereas the q-calculus operates independently of limits and is often described as a “calculus without limits”. Jackson [20] introduced the fundamental ideas of q-calculus in 1910 by defining the q-derivative and the q-integral operators. Since then, q-calculus has found wide-ranging applications in mathematics, quantum mechanics, physics, and geometric function theory. Gasper and Rahman [21] provided a comprehensive account of the theory and applications of q-calculus in physics, combinatorics, and number theory. More recently, its connection with geometric function theory has gained considerable attention, where researchers employ q-calculus to define and analyze various subclasses of analytic and univalent functions. In particular, Ismail et al. [22] investigated q-starlike functions, paving the way for further advancement in this direction. This development opened new doors for a more advanced study of q-calculus in geometric function theory. Srivastava [23] provided a detailed exposition of operators arising from basic q-calculus together with their applications in geometric function theory. In particular, the author discussed various q-derivative operators, examined their analytic properties, and demonstrated how these operators are used to study coefficient estimates, subordination results, and geometric characteristics of analytic and univalent functions. Furthermore, Al Dweby and Darus [24] introduced and investigated q-analogs of several convolution-type operators utilizing the Hadamard product. Their work focuses on establishing sufficient conditions, growth and distortion bounds, starlikeness and convexity of analytic functions associated with the proposed operator, thereby extending classical results to q-calculus. Numerous subclasses and results in geometric function theory have since been developed using q-calculus (see, e.g., [25,26,27,28]). Here, we present some fundamental definitions and concepts that are essential for this research work.
The q-derivative (also called the Jackson q-difference operator) of a function f that has the Maclaurin series representation of the form given in (1), is denoted by and defined as:
The q-derivative operator reduces to the classical derivative as that is
For any analytic function f having the series representation given in (1), the q-derivative operator is defined as:
where is known as the q-number and is defined as
In recent times, many authors have defined and investigated important q-operators which are used to explore several important subclasses of analytic functions. Some of them are discussed here.
For , Srivastava and Attiya [29] defined the operator given as
For the function , Carlson–Shaffer [30] introduced the operator as given below:
where is known as the Pochhammer symbol, which can be defined by
Atshan et al. [31] showed that the convolution of operators and is
which can be written as
where
The presence of the parameters in the operator imparts sufficient flexibility to induce several well-known differential, integral, and convolution operators as special cases. Few of them are presented in the following remark.
Remark 1.
For some specific values of the parameters, we obtain the following special cases:
- 1.
- For and , the operator becomes the identity operator, that is, ;
- 2.
- For , it coincides with Carlson–Shaffer integral operator (see [30]);
- 3.
- For , and , it produces a Salagean-type operator of order m, (see [32]);
- 4.
- For , and , it leads to a Rucheweyh-type convolution operator, (see [33]).
Operators play a fundamental role in modern analysis, with wide-ranging applications across classical and fractional calculus, operator theory, and various branches of mathematics. For details, (see [34,35,36]).
For , Govindaraj and Subramanian [37] (see also [38,39]) defined and investigated the Salagean q-differential operator as given below:
The operator is also a convolution-type operator obtained by replacing the classical coefficient multiplier with the q-number, and it serves as an effective q-analog of the Salagean differential operator that has been extensively used in defining subclasses of analytic and bi-univalent functions. Moreover, the operator reduces to the classical Salagean operator, as ; see [32].
Let be an analytic function in the open unit disk V, normalized by and with series expansion of the form
Motivated by the above discussion, and in contrast to earlier studies that primarily employed classical differential operators and standard subordination, the present work integrates the generalized convolution operators, Jackson’s q-derivative and quasi-subordination. Within this analytical framework, we introduce several new subclasses of analytic functions associated with bi-univalent functions by employing quasi-subordination, together with the operators defined in (8), (13) and (14) and an independent analytic function , whose series expansion is given in (15).
Definition 1.
Definition 2.
where
and
Definition 3.
For the following results, we consider these expressions unless otherwise stated.
and
where .
For these newly defined classes, the parameters , , and are regarded as essential, as they directly influence the structure of operators, whereas the parameters and q serve as auxiliary, as they provide additional flexibility to control the behavior and generalize existing subclasses.
Example 1.
Let have the series representation given by
Then whenever This shows that the class is non-empty.
In this work, our primary focus is to investigate some coefficient-based problems, including coefficient estimates, Fekete–Szegö functionals, and upper bounds on Hankel determinants of functions belonging to these newly defined classes.
The derivation of the main results relies fundamentally on the subsequent Lemmas, which furnish the necessary analytical framework for obtaining the required estimates.
2. A Set of Lemmas
Let the class P contain all the analytic functions that have the series representation given by
and satisfies the condition .
Lemma 1
Lemma 2.
3. Main Results
Theorem 1.
Proof.
Let f, then by the definition of quasi-subordination, we have
and
where and are known as Schwarz functions and can be written in terms of as follows:
and
Let
Taking (15) and using (28)–(30) on the right-hand side of (26) and (27), we have
and
Remark 2.
By substituting the value in the provided result, this gives a refined and advanced result that matches the findings derived by Atshan et al. [31].
Theorem 2.
Let be from the subclass Then
and
where
Proof.
Let f∈, then by the definition of quasi-subordination we have
and
where the Schwarz functions and are defined in (28) and (29) respectively. As the series representations of the right-hand side of Equations (48) and (49) are given in (31) and (33) respectively, now by considering the left-hand side of (48) and (49), we have
and
Equating (31) with (50) results in
and
Also, equating (32) with (51) gives
and
From (52) and (54) we yield
and
Adding (53) and (55) we obtain
which gives
Implementing Lemma 1 for the coefficients, we have
and
This gives the required result.
Remark 3.
By setting , applying this value in the derived results produces a refined and advanced result that matches the earlier results by Atshan et al. [31].
Theorem 3.
Proof.
Let and g. Define
Then
and similarly for g, we have
Using and some simplifications, we obtain
and
Performing some simple calculations gives
Since both expressions are analytic in an open unit disk and satisfy the conditions of normalizations for class P, they admit expansion of the form
where the functions and are from class P and have the series form provided in (21) and
Using the series expansions of and their ratio, along with series representations of and , we equate coefficients of like powers of and on both sides of Equation (70). Comparing coefficients of yields
Equating the coefficients of , we obtain
Similarly, comparing coefficients of , we arrive at
Proceeding analogously for , we compare coefficients of and obtain
From (72) and (75), we obtain
and
Subtracting (73) and (76) results in
Subtracting (74) and (77) gives
Taking the modulus and implementing Lemma 1 to (79), (80), and (81), we obtain (65), (66), and (67), respectively.
Now by adding (73) and (76), we have
Subtracting (73) from (76), we obtain
From (82) and (83), we have the following results.
where
The function defined in (85) is just a normalization constant, and analytically qualifies how the interaction between parameters influences the sharpness of coefficient bounds.
By taking the modulus of (84) and applying triangular inequality along with Lemma 1, the required result can be obtained. □
Remark 4.
By letting in derived expressions we obtain a refined form that coincides with the results obtained by Orhan et al. [42], which is presented here as a Corollary 1.
Corollary 1.
Theorem 4.
Let presented by (1) belong to class and consider for and Then, the second-order Hankel determinant is given by
where
Proof.
From (79)–(81) and considering that , we obtain
and
Substituting these values, we obtain the functional as
According to Lemma 2, we have
and
Adding (87) and (88) and subtracting (87) from (88) respectively, we have
and
also
Similarly,
We have values and satisfying ≤ 1 and Using (90), (92), and (89) together with the modulus of (86), we obtain
Now, by the triangular inequality, we get
The function , for is in the class P,; therefore, for generality, it can be considered that . Therefore, for and , we obtain
where
Next, we have to maximize function in the closed square
Applying the partial derivative of the function leads to
and
By comparing (93) and (94), we obtain
and
we need to check the maximum of the function on the boundary because the maximum does not exist at the critical points.
Now, for and (similar to and we obtain
The interior point of for is gained when . The function ‘F’ possesses a positive slope for the conditions under which the function for holds. Therefore, the sharp estimate for functional reflects and which can be analyzed into .
As the maximum of is located at and
when it can be recognized that for and any fixed r with . It is clear that
< < and thus, .
According to , we obtain
Now, examining for and (similar to and ), we obtain
Similarly, for the above cases of where , we obtain
As we acquired the interior point of , where the maximum of F is present at and Thus,
Substituting the value of in the function I gives
To locate the maximum of on the interval , we differentiate it with respect to r, which yields
Assume that attains its maximum at an interior point of . Then, necessarily, , which is satisfied only when
which leads to the restriction
where
where
In this case, and therefore increases in . Consequently,
which gives
Also, by taking
We get
For a value , that is , suppose that In this case, the function attains its maximum at the interior point . Since the interior extremum satisfies , then we obtain
Consequently, which gives
where
and
Therefore, the following estimate holds
□
Remark 5.
For , using this value in the given result provides an advanced result that matches the previous findings of Orhan et al. [42].
4. Conclusions
In this article, we introduced and studied several new subclasses of bi-univalent functions constructed through a generalized operator framework. Utilizing the operator in conjunction with the concept of quasi-subordination, we derived estimates for the initial Taylor–Maclaurin coefficients of the subclasses and . Furthermore, through the application of the q-generalized Salagean operator, we established upper bounds for the initial coefficients and the second Hankel determinant associated with the subclass The obtained results generalize, unify, and extend several previously known findings in geometric function theory, thereby contributing to the ongoing development of operator-based approaches in the study of analytic and bi-univalent functions.
The determination of the sharpness of the derived bounds, estimations of higher-order Hankel determinants, the characterization of extremal functions, and the geometric interpretation of the introduced subclasses remain open problems. These directions offer promising avenues for future research.
Author Contributions
In this manuscript the author’s contributions are as follows: Conceptualization, R.G., S.R., W.B., A.A. and S.H. methodology, R.G., W.B. and S.N. formal analysis, S.R., A.A. and S.H. investigation, R.G. and S.N.; writing—original draft, S.R. and W.B., writing—review and editing, S.R. and W.B. and A.A. supervision, S.H. and S.N. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This work is supported by: (a) the Deanship of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia (Grant no. KFU261079). (b) (i) The Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 11561001 and the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia of China under Grant 2022MS01004; (ii) The program for Young Talents of Science and Technology in Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region under Grant NJYT-18-A14; and (iii) The program for Key Laboratory Construction of Chifeng University (no. CFXYZD202004) and the Research and Innovation Team of Complex Analysis and Nonlinear Dynamic Systems of Chifeng University (no. cfxykycxtd202005).
Data Availability Statement
The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding authors.
Acknowledgments
The authors extend their appreciation to the Dean of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia (Grant no. KFU261079).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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