<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">APM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Advances in Pure Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2160-0368</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/apm.2015.52011</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">APM-54044</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Argument Estimates of Multivalent Functions Involving a Certain Fractional Derivative Operator
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>ae</surname><given-names>Ho Choi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sub>1</sub></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><addr-line>Department of Mathematics Education, Daegu National University of Education, Daegu, South Korea</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>choijh@dnue.ac.kr</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>26</day><month>01</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>05</volume><issue>02</issue><fpage>88</fpage><lpage>92</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>18</day>	<month>January</month>	<year>2015</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>accepted</day>	<month>9</month>	<year>February</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>13</day>	<month>February</month>	<year>2015</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
   The object of the present paper is to investigate various argument results of analytic and multivalent functions which are defined by using a certain fractional derivative operator. Some interesting applications are also considered. 
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Multivalent Analytic Functions</kwd><kwd> Argument</kwd><kwd> Integral Operator</kwd><kwd> Fractional Derivative Operator</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x5.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote the class of functions <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x6.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of the form</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula609"><label>(1.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x7.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>which are analytic in the open unit disk<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x8.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Also let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote the class of all analytic functions <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x11.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which are defined on<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Let a, b and c be complex numbers with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Then the Gaussian hypergeometric function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is defined by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula610"><label>(1.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x15.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the Pochhammer symbol defined, in terms of the Gamma function, by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula611"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x17.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The hypergeometric function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x18.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is analytic in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x19.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and if a or b is a negative integer, then it reduces to a polynomial.</p><p>There are a number of definitions for fractional calculus operators in the literature (cf., e.g., [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref1">1</xref>] and [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref2">2</xref>] ). We use here the Saigo type fractional derivative operator defined as follows ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref3">3</xref>] ; see also [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref4">4</xref>] ):</p><p>Definition 1. Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Then the generalized fractional derivative operator <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is defined by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula612"><label>(1.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x24.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is an analytic function in a simply-connected region of the z-plane containing the origin, with the order</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula613"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x26.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and the multiplicity of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is removed by requiring that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to be real when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Definition 2. Under the hypotheses of Definition 1, the fractional derivative operator <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is defined by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula614"><label>(1.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x33.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>With the aid of the above definitions, we define a modification of the fractional derivative operator <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula615"><label>(1.5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x35.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>for <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Then it is observed that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> also maps <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> onto itself as follows:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula616"><label>(1.6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x40.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>It is easily verified from (1.6) that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula617"><label>(1.7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x41.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Note that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the fractional derivative operator defined by Srivastava and Aouf [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref5">5</xref>] .</p><p>In this manuscript, we drive interesting argument results of multivalent functions defined by fractional derivative operator<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Main Results</title><p>In order to establish our results, we require the following lemma due to Lashin [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref6">6</xref>] .</p><p>Lemma 1 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref6">6</xref>] . Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be analytic in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Further suppose that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula618"><label>(2.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x53.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula619"><label>(2.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x54.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We begin by proving the following result.</p><p>Theorem 1. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Suppose that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x55.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula620"><label>(2.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x60.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula621"><label>(2.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x61.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. If we define the function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula622"><label>(2.5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x63.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is analytic in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Making use of the logarithmic differentiation on both sides of (2.5), we have</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula623"><label>(2.6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x68.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>By applying the identity (1.7) in (2.6), we observe that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula624"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x69.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Hence, by using Lemma 1, we conclude that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula625"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x70.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>which completes the proof of Theorem 1.</p><p>Remark 1. Putting<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in Theorem 1, we obtain the result due to Lashin ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref6">6</xref>] , Theorem 2.2).</p><p>Taking <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in Theorem 1, we have the following corollary.</p><p>Corollary 1. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Suppose that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula626"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x80.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula627"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x81.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Theorem 2. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Suppose that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula628"><label>(2.7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x87.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula629"><label>(2.8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x88.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. If we set</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula630"><label>(2.9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x89.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is analytic in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. By using the logarithmic differentiation on both sides of (2.9), we obtain</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula631"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x94.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Thus, in view of Lemma 1, we have</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula632"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x95.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>which evidently proves Theorem 2.</p><p>Remark 2. Setting <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in Theorem 2, we get the result obtained by Goyal and Goswami ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref7">7</xref>] , Corollary 3.6).</p><p>Putting <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in Theorem 2, we obtain the following result.</p><p>Corollary 2. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Suppose that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula633"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x101.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula634"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x102.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Finally, we consider the generalized Bernardi-Libera-Livingston integral operator <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> defined by (cf. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref8">8</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref9">9</xref>] and [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.54044-ref10">10</xref>] )</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula635"><label>(2.10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x105.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Theorem 3. Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Suppose that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula636"><label>(2.11)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x112.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula637"><label>(2.12)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x113.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. From (2.10) we observe that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula638"><label>(2.13)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x114.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>If we let</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula639"><label>(2.14)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x115.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is analytic in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Differentiating both sides of (2.14) logarithmically, it follows that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula640"><label>(2.15)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x120.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Hence, by applying the same arguments as in the proof of Theorem 1 with (2.13) and (2.15), we obtain</p><disp-formula id="scirp.54044-formula641"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-5300838x121.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>which proves Theorem 3.</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>This work was supported by Daegu National University of Education Research Grant in 2014.</p></sec></body><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="scirp.54044-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Srivastava, H.M. and Buschman, R.G. (1992) Theory and Applications of Convolution Integral Equations. 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