Ravichandran, V.; Silverman, Herb; Kumar, S. Sivaprasad; Subramanian, K. G. On differential subordinations for a class of analytic functions defined by a linear operator. (English) Zbl 1108.30009 Int. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2004, No. 41-44, 2219-2230 (2004). Let \({\mathcal A}\) be the class of functions \(f(z)=z+\sum_{k=2}^\infty a_kz^k\) that are analytic in the unit disc \({\mathcal U}=\{z:| z| <1\}.\) In this paper the authors study the following linear operator \[ L(a,c)f(z) := z+ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(a)_n}{(c)_n}\;a_{n+1}\;z^{n+1} \] and give sufficient conditions for functions to satisfy the subordinations \[ \frac{L(a,c)f(z)}{L(a+1,c)f(z)}\prec q(z), \quad\left( \frac{L(a,c)f(z)}{L(a+1,c)f(z)}\right)^\beta \prec q(z), \] and \[ \left( \frac{L(a,c)f(z)}{z}\right)^\beta \prec q(z), \quad \frac{z}{L(a+1,c)f(z)}\prec q(z). \] Here \(f(z), q(z)\in{\mathcal A},\) \(``\prec"\) denotes the usual subordination and \((\chi)_n\) is the shifted factorial. Also, some applications of the obtained results are given and comparison with previous known results is done. Reviewer: Nikola Tuneski (Skopje) MSC: 30C45 Special classes of univalent and multivalent functions of one complex variable (starlike, convex, bounded rotation, etc.) 30C80 Maximum principle, Schwarz’s lemma, Lindelöf principle, analogues and generalizations; subordination Keywords:analytic function; differential subordination; linear operator; sufficient condition PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{V. Ravichandran} et al., Int. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2004, No. 41--44, 2219--2230 (2004; Zbl 1108.30009) Full Text: DOI EuDML