Let $\mathcal{A}$ denote the class of functions $f$ of the form
which are analytic in the unit disk $\mathbb{U}:=\{z:{|z|}<1\}$.
Let $S, S^{*}(\gamma), C(\gamma), K(\gamma)$ be the subclasses of $\mathcal{A}$ whose members are univalent, starlike of order $\gamma$, convex of order $\gamma$, and close-to-convex of order $\gamma$, respectively, where $0\leq \gamma<1$.
Let $f$ and $g$ be analytic in $\mathbb{U}$. Then $f$ is said to be subordinate to $g$, written $f\prec g$, if there exists an analytic function $\omega(z)$, with $\omega(0)=0$ and ${|w(z)|}<1$ such tat $f(z)=g(\omega(z))$. Indeed, it is known that
Furthermore, if the function $g$ is univalent in $\mathbb{U}$, then we have the following equivalence:
Sakaguchi [13] introduced a class $S_{s}^{*}$ of starlike functions with respect to symmetric points which satisfy the inequality
Since then, many authors discussed this class and its subclasses. Also, a function $f(z)\in\mathcal{A}$ is in the class $C_{s}$ if and only if $zf^{\prime}(z)\in S_{s}^{*}$.
Let $P_{m}(\gamma)$ be the class of functions $p$ analytic in $\mathbb{U}$ satisfying the conditions $p(0)=1$ and
This class was introduced in [11]. We note that $P_{m}(0)\equiv P_{m}$ is introduced in [12] and $P_{2}(\gamma)\equiv P(\gamma)$ is the class of functions with positive real part of order $\gamma$. With $m=2$, $\gamma=0$, we have the class $P$ of functions with positive real part.
The classes $V_{m}(\gamma)$ of functions of bounded boundary rotation of order $\gamma$ and $R_{m}(\gamma)$ of functions of bounded radius rotation of order $\gamma$ are closely related with $P_{m}(\gamma)$. A function $f\in\mathcal{A}$ is said to be in the class $V_{m}(\gamma)$ if and only if
Moreover, we know that
Motivated essentially by the above work, we introduce and study the following classes $R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ and $K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$ with respect to $k$-symmetric points.
Definition 1.1 Suppose that $b\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\{0\}$, $0\leq\lambda\leq1$, $m\geq2$ and $k$ is a fixed positive integer. A function $f\in\mathcal{A}$ is said to be in the class $R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ if and only if
where $f_{k}(z)$ is defined by
Remark 1.1 For some recent investigations on analytic functions involving $k$-symmetric points, one can refer to [6, 14-17].
Definition 1.2 Let $\alpha>0$, $m\geq2$ and $0\leq\delta<1$. A function $f\in\mathcal{A}$ is said to be in the class $K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$ if and only if
for some $g\in R_{2}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$.
Remark 1.2 For special choices of $\alpha, b, k, \lambda, m$ and $\delta$, several related function classes have been studied extensively, see for example [1, 2, 8-10].
In the present paper, we aim at proving some basic properties of the classes $R_{m}^{s}(b,k,\lambda)$ and $K_{m}^{s}(\alpha,b,k,\lambda,\delta)$. Such results as integral representations, coefficient inequalities, covering theorems and arc-length estimates are derived. The results presented here would provide extensions of those given in earlier works.
In order to prove our main results, we need the following lemmas.
Lemma 2.1 (see [3]) Let $h$ be convex in $\mathbb{U}$ with ${\rm{Re}}(\beta h(z)+\gamma)>0$. If $q$ is analytic in $\mathbb{U}$ with $q(0)=h(0)$, then
Lemma 2.2 (see [5]) If $f\in S^{*}(\alpha)$, $0\leq\alpha<1$ and ${|z|}=r<1$, then
Lemma 2.3 (see [7]) Let $p\in P_{m}(\gamma)$ and ${|z|}=r<1$. Then
Lemma 2.4 (see [4]) Let $q$ be univalent in $\mathbb{U}$. Then there exists a point $\xi$ with ${|\xi|}=r$ such that for all $z$, ${|z|}=r$,
We begin by stating the following result which involved the connections between $R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ and $R_{m}(1-b)$.
Theorem 3.1 Let $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$. Then
Proof Let
and
Then condition (1.2) can be written as
for some $p\in P_{m}$. Substituting $z$ by $\varepsilon^{\mu}z\, (\mu=0, 1, 2, \cdots, k-1)$ in (3.4) gives
We note that $f_{k}(\varepsilon^{\nu}z)=\varepsilon^{\nu}f_{k}(z)$, $f_{k}^{\prime}(\varepsilon^{\nu}z)=f_{k}^{\prime}(z)$ and $\varepsilon^{\mu}f_{k}^{\prime\prime}(\varepsilon^{\nu}z)=f_{k}^{\prime\prime}(z)$. Thus taking $\mu=0, 1, 2, \cdots, k-1$ in (3.5), respectively, and summing the resulting equations, we get
Since $P_{m}$ is a convex set, it is clear that
which implies that
and hence $F_{k}(z)\in R_{m}(1-b)$.
Next, we give the integral representations of functions belonging to the class $R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$.
Theorem 3.2 Let $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ with $0<\lambda\leq1$. Then
for some $p\in P_{m}$.
Proof Suppose that $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$. From (1.2), we get
for some $p\in P_{m}$. Substituting $z$ by $\varepsilon^{\mu}z\ (\mu=0, 1, 2, \cdots, k-1)$ in (3.10), we have
By observing that $f_{k}(\varepsilon^{\mu}z)=\varepsilon^{\mu}f_{k}(z)$ and $f_{k}^{\prime}(\varepsilon^{\mu}z)=f_{k}^{\prime}(z)$, we know that (3.11) can be written as
Taking $\mu=0, 1, 2, \cdots, k-1$ in (3.12), respectively, and summing the resulting equations, we obtain
which follows that
Integrating (3.14), we get
or equivalently
The assertion of Theorem 3.2 can now be derived from (3.16).
Theorem 3.3 Let $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ with $0<\lambda\leq1$. Then
Proof Suppose that $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$. From (1.2) and (3.16), we have
Integrating (3.18) yields
From (3.19), we can get (3.17) easily.
In what follows, we provide some coefficient inequalities and covering theorems for functions in the class $R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$.
Theorem 3.4 Let $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ with $k\geq2$. Then
Proof Suppose that $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$. In view of Theorem 3.1, there exists a function $\phi\in R_{m}(1-b)$, $\phi(z)=(1-\lambda)f_{k}(z)+\lambda zf_{k}^{\prime}(z)$ such that
for some $p\in P_{m}(1-b)$. Using the fact that
we have
Let
Then we find from (3.21) that
Comparing the coefficients $z^{2}$ in both sides of (3.25), we get $2(1+\lambda)a_{2}=c_{1}$, which follows that
Since ${|c_{1}|}\leq m{b}$ for $p\in P_{m}(1-b)$, we get the desired assertion of Theorem 3.4.
Theorem 3.5 Let $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$ with $k\geq2$. Then the unit disk $\mathbb{U}$ is mapped by every univalent function $f$ onto a domain that contains the disk ${|\omega|}<r_{1}$, where
Proof Suppose that $f\in R_{m}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$. Also, let $\omega_{0}$ be any complex number such that $f(z)\neq\omega_{0}$ for $z\in\mathbb{U}$, then $\omega_{0}\neq0$ and
for every univalent function $f$. This leads to
and hence
Using (3.30) and Theorem 3.4, we obtain the required result.
Let $L_{r}f(z)$ denote the length of the image of the circle $|z|=r$ under $f(z)$. we finally show some basic properties of functions in the class $K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$ including arc-length and coefficient problems.
Theorem 3.6 Suppose that $f\in K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$ with $0<\lambda\leq1$ and $0<b\leq1$. Then
where $N(r)=\min\limits_{{|z|}=r}{|f(z)|}$, $M(r)=\max\limits_{{|z|}=r}{|f(z)|}$, and $C(\alpha, b, \delta, m)$ is a constant which is determined by the parameters $\alpha, b, \delta$ and $m$.
Proof Suppose that $f\in K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$. From definition (1.4), we know that
for some $p\in P_{m}(\delta)$. It follows that
For $0<\alpha\leq1$, we find from (3.33) that
where $M(r)=\max\limits_{{|z|}=r}{|f(z)|}$. Since $g\in R_{2}^{s}(b, k, \lambda)$, from Theorem 3.1, we have
Let $q(z)=\frac{zg_{k}^{\prime}(z)}{g_{k}(z)}$. It follows from (3.35) that
Differentiate both sides of (3.36) logarithmically, we obtain
By noting that
an application of Lemma 2.1 to (3.37) yields
which implies that $g_{k}(z)\in S^{*}(1-b)$. By Lemma 2.2, we have
Using (3.39) and Lemma 2.3, we deduce from (3.34) that
Similarly, for $\alpha>1$, we have
Theorem 3.7 Let $f\in K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$ with $0<\lambda\leq1$ and $0<b\leq1$. Then
Proof Suppose that $f\in K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$. For $n\geq1$ and $z=re^{i\theta}$, Cauchy's Theorem gives that
Using Theorem 3.6 for $0<\alpha\leq1$, we get
Taking $r=1-\frac{1}{n}$ in (3.43), we obtain
Using the similar techniques, we can prove the corresponding result for $\alpha>1$.
Theorem 3.8 Let $f\in K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$ with $0<\lambda\leq1$ and $0<b\leq1$. Then
Proof It is known that for $\xi\in\mathbb{U}, z=re^{i\theta}$ and $n\geq1$, one has
Since $f\in K_{m}^{s}(\alpha, b, k, \lambda, \delta)$, we obtain
For $0<\alpha\leq1$, combining (3.47), (3.48) and (3.46), we get
By Lemmas 2.3 and 2.4, we deduce that
Putting ${\xi}=r=\frac{n}{n+1}$, it follows that
Similarly, we can get the required result for $\alpha>1$.