Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2009
Let B be the class of functions ω(z) regular in |z| < 1 and satisfying ω(0) = 0, |ω(z)|<1 in |z|<1. We denote by P(A, B), −1 ≤ B < A ≤1, the class of functions p(z) = l+p1z+… regular in |z| < 1 and such that p(z) = [1+Aω(z)]/[1+Bω(z)] for some ω(z) ∈ Β. This paper establishes sharp lower and upper bounds on |z| = r<1 for the functional
where p(z) varies in P(A, B). The results are then used to study certain geometric properties of the corresponding class of meromorphic starlike univalent functions