Journal of Inequalities and Applications 
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 263413, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/263413
Research Article

On Harmonic Functions Defined by Derivative Operator

K. Al-Shaqsi and M. Darus

School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600 Selangor D. Ehsan, Malaysia

Received 16 September 2007; Revised 20 November 2007; Accepted 26 November 2007

Recommended by Vijay Gupta

Abstract

Let 𝒮 denote the class of functions f=h+g¯ that are harmonic univalent and sense-preserving in the unit disk U={z:|z|<1}, where h(z)=z+k=2akzk, g(z)=k=1bkzk(|b1|<1). In this paper, we introduce the class M(n,λ,α) of functions f=h+g¯ which are harmonic in U. A sufficient coefficient of this class is determined. It is shown that this coefficient bound is also necessary for the class M¯(n,λ,α) if fn(z)=h+gn¯M(n,λ,α), where h(z)=zk=2|ak|zk, gn(z)=(1)nk=1|bk|zk and n0. Coefficient conditions, such as distortion bounds, convolution conditions, convex combination, extreme points, and neighborhood for the class M¯(n,λ,α), are obtained.