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Radius of Close-to-convexity of Harmonic Functions

Complex Variables 2011-07-05 v1

Abstract

Let H{\mathcal H} denote the class of all normalized complex-valued harmonic functions f=h+gˉf=h+\bar{g} in the unit disk D{\mathbb D}, and let K=H+GˉK=H+\bar{G} denote the harmonic Koebe function. Let an,bn,An,Bna_n,b_n, A_n, B_n denote the Maclaurin coefficients of h,g,H,Gh,g,H,G, and {\mathcal F}=\{f=h+\bar{g}\in {\mathcal H}:\,|a_n|\leq A_n and |b_n|\leq B_n for n\geq 1}. We show that the radius of univalence of the family F{\mathcal F} is 0.112903...0.112903.... We also show that this number is also the radius of the starlikeness of F{\mathcal F}. Analogous results are proved for a subclass of the class of harmonic convex functions in H{\mathcal H}. These results are obtained as a consequence of a new coefficient inequality for certain class of harmonic close-to-convex functions. Surprisingly, the new coefficient condition helps to improve Bloch-Landau constant for bounded harmonic mappings.

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@article{arxiv.1107.0610,
  title  = {Radius of Close-to-convexity of Harmonic Functions},
  author = {David Kalaj and Saminathan Ponnusamy and Matti Vuorinen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.0610},
  year   = {2011}
}

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