1 Introduction and definitions

Let f and g be two analytic functions in the open unit disk

Δ= { z C : | z | < 1 } .
(1.1)

We say that f is majorized by g in Δ (see [1]) and write

f(z)g(z)(zΔ)
(1.2)

if there exists a function φ, analytic in Δ, such that

| φ ( z ) | 1andf(z)=φ(z)g(z)(zΔ).
(1.3)

It may be noted here that (1.2) is closely related to the concept of quasi-subordination between analytic functions.

For two functions f and g, analytic in Δ, we say that the function f is subordinate to g in Δ if there exists a Schwarz function ω, which is analytic in Δ with

ω(0)=0and | ω ( z ) | <1(zΔ),

such that

f(z)=g ( ω ( z ) ) (zΔ).

We denote this subordination by f(z)g(z). Furthermore, if the function g is univalent in Δ, then

f(z)g(z)(zΔ)f(0)=g(0)andf(Δ)g(Δ).

Let A p denote the class of functions of the form

f(z)= z p + k = p + 1 a k z k ( p N = { 1 , 2 , } ) ,
(1.4)

that are analytic and p-valent in the open unit disk Δ. Also, let A 1 =A.

For a function f A p , let f ( q ) denote a q th-order ordinary differential operator by

f ( q ) (z)= p ! ( p q ) ! z p q + k = p + 1 k ! ( k q ) ! a k z k q ,
(1.5)

where p>q, pN, q N 0 =N{0} and zΔ. Next, Frasin [2] introduced the differential operator D m f ( q ) as follows:

D m f ( q ) (z)= p ! ( p q ) m ( p q ) ! z p q + k = p + 1 k ! ( k q ) m ( k q ) ! a k z k q .
(1.6)

In view of (1.6), it is clear that D 0 f ( 0 ) (z)=f(z), D 0 f ( 1 ) (z)=z f (z) and D m f ( 0 ) (z)= D m f(z) is a known operator introduced by Salagean [3].

Definition 1.1 A function f(z) A p is said to be in the class L p , q j , l [A,B;α,γ] of p-valent functions of complex order γ0 in Δ if and only if

(1.7)

Clearly, we have the following relationships:

  1. (1)

    L p , q j , l [A,B;0,γ]= S p , q j , l [A,B;γ];

  2. (2)

    L 1 , 0 m , n [A,B;α,1]= U m , n (α,A,B);

  3. (3)

    L 1 , 0 1 , 0 [12β,1;α,1]=US(α,β) (0β<1) (α-uniformly starlike functions of order β);

  4. (4)

    L 2 , 1 1 , 0 [12β,1;α,1]=UK(α,β) (0β<1) (α-uniformly convex functions of order β);

  5. (5)

    L p , 0 n + 1 , n [1,1;α,γ]= S n (p,α,γ) (n N 0 );

  6. (6)

    L 1 , 0 1 , 0 [1,1;α,γ]=S(α,γ) (0α<1, γ C );

  7. (7)

    L 1 , 0 2 , 1 [1,1;α,γ]=K(α,γ) (0α<1, γ C );

  8. (8)

    L 1 , 0 1 , 0 [1,1;α,1β]= S (α,β) (0α<1, 0β<1).

The classes S p , q j , l [A,B;γ] and U m , n (α,A,B) were introduced by Goswami and Aouf [4] and Li and Tang [5], respectively. The classes US(α,β) and UK(α,β) were studied recently in [6] (see also [712]). The class S n (p,0,γ)= S n (p,γ) was introduced by Akbulut et al. [13]. Also, the classes S(0,γ)=S(γ) and K(0,γ)=K(γ) are said to be classes of starlike and convex of complex order γ0 in Δ which were considered by Nasr and Aouf [14] and Wiatrowski [15] (see also [16, 17]), and S (0,β)= S (β) denotes the class of starlike functions of order β in Δ.

A majorization problem for the class S(γ) has recently been investigated by Altintas et al. [18]. Also, majorization problems for the classes S (β) and S p , q j , l [A,B;γ] have been investigated by MacGregor [1] and Goswami and Aouf [4], respectively. Very recently, Goyal and Goswami [19] (see also [20]) generalized these results for the fractional derivative operator. In the present paper, we investigate a majorization problem for the class L p , q j , l [A,B;α,γ].

2 Majorization problem for the class L p , q j , l [A,B;α,γ]

We begin by proving the following result.

Theorem 2.1 Let the function f A p and suppose that g L p , q j , l [A,B;α,γ]. If D j f ( q ) (z) is majorized by D l g ( q ) (z) in Δ, and

( p q ) j l [ ( A B ) | γ | 1 α + ( p q ) j l | B | ] δ,

then

| D j + 1 f ( q ) (z)|| D l + 1 g ( q ) (z)| ( | z | r 0 ) ,
(2.1)

where r 0 = r 0 (p,q,α,γ,j,l,A,B) is the smallest positive root of the equation

(2.2)

Proof Suppose that g L p , q j , l [A,B;α,γ]. Then, making use of the fact that

ϖα|ϖ1| 1 + A z 1 + B z ϖ ( 1 α e i ϕ ) +α e i ϕ 1 + A z 1 + B z (ϕR),

and letting

ϖ=1+ 1 γ ( D j g ( q ) ( z ) D l g ( q ) ( z ) ( p q ) j l )

in (1.7), we obtain

[ 1 + 1 γ ( D j g ( q ) ( z ) D l g ( q ) ( z ) ( p q ) j l ) ] ( 1 α e i ϕ ) +α e i ϕ 1 + A z 1 + B z

or, equivalently,

1+ 1 γ ( D j g ( q ) ( z ) D l g ( q ) ( z ) ( p q ) j l ) 1 + ( A α B e i ϕ 1 α e i ϕ ) z 1 + B z
(2.3)

which holds true for all zΔ.

We find from (2.3) that

1+ 1 γ ( D j g ( q ) ( z ) D l g ( q ) ( z ) ( p q ) j l ) = 1 + ( A α B e i ϕ 1 α e i ϕ ) ω ( z ) 1 + B ω ( z ) ,
(2.4)

where ω(z)= c 1 z+ c 2 z 2 + , ωP, P denotes the well-known class of the bounded analytic functions in Δ and satisfies the conditions

ω(0)=0and | ω ( z ) | |z|(zΔ).

From (2.4), we get

D j g ( q ) ( z ) D l g ( q ) ( z ) = ( p q ) j l + [ ( A B ) γ 1 α e i ϕ + ( p q ) j l B ] ω ( z ) 1 + B ω ( z ) .
(2.5)

By virtue of (2.5), we obtain

| D l g ( q ) ( z ) | 1 + | B | | z | ( p q ) j l | ( A B ) γ 1 α e i ϕ + ( p q ) j l B | | z | | D j g ( q ) ( z ) | 1 + | B | | z | ( p q ) j l [ ( A B ) | γ | 1 α + ( p q ) j l | B | ] | z | | D j g ( q ) ( z ) | .
(2.6)

Next, since D j f ( q ) (z) is majorized by D l g ( q ) (z) in Δ, thus from (1.3), we have

D j f ( q ) (z)=φ(z) D l g ( q ) (z).

Differentiating the above equality with respect to z and multiplying by z, we get

D j + 1 f ( q ) (z)=z φ (z) D l g ( q ) (z)+φ(z) D l + 1 g ( q ) (z).
(2.7)

Thus, by noting that φ(z)P satisfies the inequality (see, e.g., Nehari [21])

| φ ( z ) | 1 | φ ( z ) | 2 1 | z | 2 (zΔ)
(2.8)

and making use of (2.6) and (2.8) in (2.7), we obtain

| D j + 1 f ( q ) ( z ) | ( | φ ( z ) | + 1 | φ ( z ) | 2 1 | z | 2 ( 1 + | B | | z | ) | z | [ ( p q ) j l ( ( A B ) | γ | 1 α + ( p q ) j l | B | ) | z | ] ) × | D l + 1 g ( q ) ( z ) | ,
(2.9)

which, upon setting

|z|=rand | φ ( z ) | =ρ(0ρ1),

leads us to the inequality

where

ψ ( ρ ) = r ( 1 + | B | r ) ρ 2 + ( 1 r 2 ) [ ( p q ) j l ( ( A B ) | γ | 1 α + ( p q ) j l | B | ) r ] ρ + r ( 1 + | B | r )
(2.10)

takes its maximum value at ρ=1 with r 0 = r 0 (p,q,α,γ,j,l,A,B), where

r 0 = r 0 (p,q,α,γ,j,l,A,B)

is the smallest positive root of equation (2.2). Furthermore, if 0δ r 0 (p,q,α,γ,j,l,A,B), then the function ψ(ρ) defined by

ψ ( ρ ) = δ ( 1 + | B | δ ) ρ 2 + ( 1 δ 2 ) [ ( p q ) j l ( ( A B ) | γ | 1 α + ( p q ) j l | B | ) δ ] ρ + δ ( 1 + | B | δ )
(2.11)

is an increasing function on the interval 0ρ1 so that

(2.12)

Hence, upon setting ρ=1 in (2.11), we conclude that (2.1) of Theorem 2.1 holds true for |z| r 0 (p,q,α,γ,j,l,A,B), which completes the proof of Theorem 2.1. □

Setting α=0 in Theorem 2.1, we get the following result.

Corollary 2.1 Let the function f A p and suppose that g S p , q j , l [A,B;γ]. If D j f ( q ) (z) is majorized by D l g ( q ) (z) in Δ, and

( p q ) j l [ ( A B ) | γ | + ( p q ) j l | B | ] δ,

then

| D j + 1 f ( q ) (z)|| D l + 1 g ( q ) (z)| ( | z | r 0 ) ,
(2.13)

where r 0 = r 0 (p,q,γ,j,l,A,B) is the smallest positive root of the equation

(2.14)

Remark 2.1 Corollary 2.1 improves the result of Goswami and Aouf [[4], Theorem 1].

Putting p=1, q=0, j=m, l=n, m>n and γ=1 in Theorem 2.1, we obtain the following result.

Corollary 2.2 Let the function fA and suppose that g U m , n (α,A,B). If D m f(z) is majorized by D n g(z) in Δ, then

| D m + 1 f(z)|| D n + 1 g(z)| ( | z | r 0 ) ,
(2.15)

where r 0 = r 0 (α,A,B) is the smallest positive root of the equation

(2.16)

For A=12β, B=1, putting m=1, n=0 and m=2, n=1 in Corollary 2.2, respectively, we obtain the following Corollaries 2.3 and 2.4.

Corollary 2.3 Let the function fA and suppose that gUS(α,β). If Df(z) is majorized by g(z) in Δ, then

| f (z)+z f (z)|| g (z)| ( | z | r 0 ) ,

where r 0 = r 0 (α,β) is the smallest positive root of the equation

[ 2 ( 1 β ) 1 α + 1 ] r 3 3 r 2 [ 2 ( 1 β ) 1 α + 3 ] r+1=0(0α<1;0β<1).

Corollary 2.4 Let the function fA and suppose that gUK(α,β). If D 2 f(z) is majorized by Dg(z) in Δ, then

| D 3 f(z)|| D 2 g(z)| ( | z | r 0 ) ,

where r 0 = r 0 (α,β) is the smallest positive root of the equation

[ 2 ( 1 β ) 1 α + 1 ] r 3 3 r 2 [ 2 ( 1 β ) 1 α + 3 ] r+1=0(0α<1;0β<1).

Also, putting A=1, B=1, q=0, j=n+1 and l=n in Theorem 2.1, we obtain the following result.

Corollary 2.5 Let the function f A p and suppose that g S n (p,α,γ). If D n + 1 f(z) is majorized by D n g(z) in Δ, then

| D n + 2 f(z)|| D n + 1 g(z)| ( | z | r 0 ) ,
(2.17)

where r 0 = r 0 (p,α,γ) is the smallest positive root of the equation

(2.18)