Applied Mathematics, 2013, 4, 1590-1594
Published Online November 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/am)
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/am.2013.411214
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On a Generalized Integral Operator
Irina Dorca1, Daniel Breaz2, Mugur Acu3
1Department of Mathematics, University of Pitesti, Argeş, România
2Department of Mathematics, University “1st December 1918” of Alba Iulia, Alba Iulia, România
3Department of Mathematics, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Sibiu, România
Email: irina.dorca@gmail.com
Received April 10, 2013; revised May 10, 2013; accepted May 17, 2013
Copyright © 2013 Irina Dorca et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
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ABSTRACT
We have considered several integral operators from literature and we have made a generalization of them. It can be eas-
ily seen that their properties are also preserved. Therefore, we use known results concerning the starlike functions (see
[1,2]) and we unify some known integral operators (see [3]) into one single integral operator, called I1(z), in Section 3 of
this paper.
Keywords: Univalent Function; Integral Operator; Generalization; Particular Cases
1. Introduction
Let H(U) be the set of functions which are regular in the
unit disc U,
 

:0 010fUf f
 
and
:is univalent in.Sf fU
Prof. G. S. Sălăgean has introduced the subfamily T of
S consisting of functions f of the form

2
,0,2,3,,
j
jj
j
f
zz azajzU
 
(1)
in 1999.
Thus, we have the subfamily S-T consisting of func-
tions f of the form

2
,0,2,3,,
j
jj
j
f
zz azajzU
 
(2)
The purpose of this paper is to give a generalization
with respect to several integral operators that exist in
literature. In order to do so, we have firstly considered
the univalent function f and the family S of analytic and
univalent functions, notions that we use further.
2. Preliminary Results
Remark 2.1. In [1], we have introduced the follo wing
operator concerning the functions of Form (1):
 
1
:; 11
j
j
jn
DA ADfz zjaz






(3)
Definition 2.1. [2] Let β, λ R, β 0, λ 0 and

2
j
j
j
f
zz az

. We denote by D
the linear operator
defined by

 

01
1
;,
nn
Df zfxDf zDf zzfz
Df zDDf z

(4)
Professor Breaz ([3]) has introduced the following in-
tegral operators on univalent function spaces:

 
1
1
1
0
d
p
z
nn
p
Jf tztf ,t

 

 

(5)
 
1
1
1
1
0
d
p
z
p
zHtftftt,






(6)
  
1
1
0
d,
p
z
p
ft
ft
Ftt
zt







(7)
  
1
1
1
0
d
p
z
p
ft
ft t
tt
Gz
,







(8)
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  
1
1
1
1
1
1
,
0
d
p
z
p
ft
ft
F
tt
tt
z













(9)
and
 

1
11
11
,1
0
11d ,
zp
pp
Gz pgtgtt





(10)
where

,,, 1,,0,0 ,1 .
iipp n

 
Let be the Sălăgean differential operator,
, defined as:
n
D
:D,
nn
 

 

01
1
,,
nn
Df zfzDf zDf zzfz
Df zDDf z

(11)
and
,: ,0
kk
DD k of form:
 
 

0
1
2
,,
.
kk k
n
n
Df zfz
Df zDDfzznaz

n
,
F
(12)
The following integral operator is studied in [4], where
are considered to be of Form (2):
,1,,,
i
fi nn
Definition 2.2. [4] We define the general integral
operator by
,,, :
kn n
I


,,, 1
,, ,
kn n
Iff

(13)
  
1
11
0
d
n
z
nn
kDf tDft
D
Fz t
tt






where



10
1
,0,,,
,, ,
n
in
n
n
fi
n
 
 
 



,
and .
0
Lemma 2.1. [5] (Schwarz Lemma) Let the function f(z)
be regular in U, with f(0) = 0. If
k

1
f
zzU
, then
f
zz for all z U, where the equality holds only
if

,1fz KzK
.
Some integral operators and the related properties of
them are also studied in [6,7].
The neighborhoods of the class of functions defined
using the operator (3) is studied in [8].
Remark 2.2. In [9], we have introduced and studied the
following operator of the functions f S,
:

:SfAfisunivalentin U


 
12
,
,1
1
1
22
11
1,
11
n
k
k
k
Dfz hfz
kc
zC
kc
k




 


nkaz
(14)
where


1
1
1
,;
1
k
k
n
Cnk
k
n is the Pochammer
symbol; k 2, c 0 and Re{c} 0; z U.
In [10], Prof. G. S. Sălăgean has introduced the sub-
family T of S consisting of functions f of the Form (1);
see Section 1.
Remark 2.3. If we denote by
k
x
the Pochammer
symbol, we define it as follows:

 
10
12 10
k
x
forkx
xxxxkforkandx

 


,0
.
Following, we introduce a new general integral opera-
tor in Theorem 3.1,
1
I
z, giving also several examples
which prove its relevance. We derive it as well in order
to show its applicability.
Considering the univalent functions with negative co-
efficients (see [11]), we develop,

2
I
z from Corollary
3.1.
3. Main Results
Theorem 3.1. Let 12
,,, ,Re0a
 
 and

12
12
,
,12
,
,
,,,0, 1,
;
,,
n
j
nn
j
Dfzj p
pDfz


 

of Form (14). If




12
12
,
,
,
,
1
nn
j
nn
j
Dfz
n
Dfz



and




12
12
,
,
,
,
1,,1
nn
j
nn
j
Dfz
zUjp
n
Dfz


 
,
, (15)


12
12
1
12
12
1
212 1
1
212 1
p
jj
j
p
jj
j
 
 




 


(16)
and

12
12
1
1
2
212 1
22
,
2
p
jj
j
na
nana
n











(17)
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Then, for

12
,,,1,,,Re,Re,
jj jp a
 
  a the
function




1
1
12
2
2
12
21
,
,
11
1
0
1
21
,
,d
j
j
nn
j
zp
j
nn
j
Dft
Iz tt
Dft
t
t
















(18)
is univalent for all

0.n
Proof.
Let

 

 
1
12
2
12 12
12
21
,21
,
,,
1
0
12
1
0
d
,
j
j
jj
nn nn
j
zpj
j
zp
nn
jj
j
hz
Dft Dft
t
tt
ht ht
 





















from where we obtain the following derivatives:

 
12
12
1
,
j
j
p
nn
jj
j
hz hhzz






 
1
1
1
1,
,
a
j
b
l
p
anan
jj
j
p
an bn
jl
llj
hznzh z
hz hz


 


 
,1,2,abab.
Furthermore, we have that







1
,1,2
a
j
a
j
an
j
p
jan
j
hz
hz a
hz hz


 
,
which means

 





12
12
12
12
,
,
1
1
,
1
,
,
,
2
2,
,
21
21
nn
j
p
j
nn
j
j
nn
j
jnn
j
Dft
zh z
hz Dft
Dft
Dft









 

 





1, 2a. We consider



12
12
1
1
212 1
p
jj
j
hz
pz hz
 





and we obtain






12
12
1
1
12
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2121
.
2121
212 1
p
jj
j
p
jj
p
j
j
j
j
hz
pz hz
 
 












 

Using (16) from hypothesis, we see that
1Pz
.
By applying Schwarz Lemma, we have that



1
12
12
1
1.
212 1
n
p
jj
j
hz zz
hz
 






If we multiply the last inequality with
2
1,
a
z
a


we
obtain:



1
2
2
2
12
1
212 1
1
1.
p
a
jj
j
a
n
zz
a
z
a
z
z
h
hz
 










 
(19)
Let


2
1
:0,1 ,,.
a
n
x
QQxxx
a
z
We can
easily see that
010QQ
,
0Qx ,
0,1x ,

 


and
1

20,
2
a
n
a
Qn


 where
1
2
2
a
n
na

is the point
of maximum for the function Q.
Thus,


1
22
2,
222
0,1 .
n
aa
nn
QxQ na nana
x











(20)
By taking into account the inequalities (17), (19) and
(20), we obtain the following:
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

2
11,
a
zz
a
hz
hz





which means that the function
1
I
z of Form (18) is univalent for all
0n.
Remark 3.1. The mapping properties with respect to
integral operator
1
I
z of Form (18) are studied in [7].
If we consider the operator
Dz
of Form (3) we
obtain the following Corollary. It can be proved in a
similar way as the Theorem 3.1 is.
Corolla ry 3 .1. Let 12
,,, ,Re0a
 

0,

and
,
,0,
j
Dfz


Dfz
of Form (3).
If








1
and ,
,1,,
nn
jj
n
nj
j
Df zDf z
nn
Df z
Df z
zUj p


 

 
1


12
12
1
12
12
11
212
2
1
121
p
jj
p
j
j
j
j
 

 





 



and

12
12
1
2
1
22
,
1
2
221
p
jj
j
na
nana
n
 

 






then for all

12
,,,1,,,Re,Re,
jj jp a
 
 a
the function




1
1
1
2
2
21
21
1
0
21
d
j
j
n
j
zp
j
n
j
Df t
Iz tt
Df t
t
t








is univalent for all .

0n
Remark 3.2. The Corollary is true also fo r
Dz
of
Form (3), 1, ,.pjp N
Next we give few examples of particular cases which
can be found in literature.
Let β = 0 in
Dz
of Form (3) or (4). So we have
that
0,Df zfz
0

12
. We will use this form of
the integral operator, where the function f is of Form (2)
with respect to the operator (21). For further simplifica-
tion, we consider that 1

and δ = 1 (except of
Example 3.5).
For the first four examples we consider

101 0,1
jn
,,jpp .

Example 3.1. If σ = 1, χ = 1 and we use the notation
2,1,,jpp

 0
jj we obtain the operator F(z)
of Form (7).
Example 3.2. If σ = 1 we obtain the operator G(z) of
Form (8) for

20jpp

1, 1,,
jj
Example 3.3. If σ = 1 and we use the notation
.
21, 1,,0
jj
jpp

 we obtain the operator
,
F
z

of Form (9).
Example 3.4. If σ = 0 we obtain the operator
,p
Gz
of Form (10) fo r
11p


and
21
1,
j


.
For the next two examples we consider
20,1, ,0
jjpp
  and σ = 0.
Example 3.5. a) If χ = 1, δ = 1, we obtain a particular
case of the function J(z) of Form (5), in which
1, 0n
.
b) If

1
1,,1, 0,
jj
jpp

 we obtain
the operator J(z) of Form (5).
Example 3.6. If n = 1 we obtain the operator H(z) of
Form (6) for

1,1,, 0
jj
jpp

 .
Remark 3.3. It can be easily proved that the examples
above are also true for f(z) of Form (1).
4. Conclusions
The integral operator which is introduced and studied in
Theorem 3.1 of this paper, called I1(z), is a generalization
of several integral operators that are taken from literature
(for e.g., see [3]). Looking to the examples from above,
we can easily see that our integral operator can be used
further without any concern, because it preserves the ini-
tial state of the already known integral operators. There-
fore, the integral operator I1(z) covers the integral opera-
tors from [3] without loss of generality.
Open Problem 3.1. It would be interesting to prove
that the integral operator (18) or (21) covers also the
integral operator from [5].
5. Acknowledgements
This work was partially supported by the strategic project
POSDRU 107/1.5/S/77265, inside POSDRU Romania
2007-2013 co-financed by the European Social Fund-
Investing in People.
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