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On geometric properties of ratio of two hypergeometric functions

Complex Variables 2022-02-10 v1

Abstract

R. K\"ustner proved in his 2002 paper that the function wa,b,c(z)=w_{a,b,c}(z)= F(a+1,b;c;z)/F(a,b;c;z)F(a+1,b;c;z)/F(a,b;c;z) maps the unit disk z<1|z|<1 onto a domain convex in the direction of the imaginary axis under some condition on the real parameters a,b,c.a,b,c. Here F(a,b;c;z)F(a,b;c;z) stands for the Gaussian hypergeometric function. In this paper, we study the order of convexity of wa,b,c.w_{a,b,c}. In particular, we partially solve the problem raised by the afore-mentioned paper by K\"ustner.

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@article{arxiv.2202.04247,
  title  = {On geometric properties of ratio of two hypergeometric functions},
  author = {Toshiyuki Sugawa and Li-Mei Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.04247},
  year   = {2022}
}

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13 pages, 1figure