We prove the following new characterization of C (Lipschitz) smoothness in Banach spaces. An infinite-dimensional Banach space X has a C smooth (Lipschitz) bump function if and only if it has another C smooth (Lipschitz) bump function f such that f ′(x) 6= 0 for every point x in the interior of the support of f (that is, f does not satisfy Rolle’s theorem). Moreover, the support of this bump ca...

In this paper we establish some results concerning the partial sums of meromorphic p-valent starlike functions and meromorphic p-valent convex functions.

An interesting criterion was given by Tuneski [N. Tuneski, On the quotient of the representations of convexity and starlikeness, Math. Nachr. 248–249 (2003) 200–203] for the analytic functions to be in the class S 1⁄21þAz 1þBz and its subclasses, where 1 6 B < A 6 1. This result is an extension of an earlier result of Silverman [H. Silverman, Convex and starlike criteria, Int. Math. Math. Sci. ...

For analytic functions f(z) in the open unit disk U with f(0) = 0 and f ′(0) = 1, S. S. Miller, P. T. Mocanu and M. O. Reade (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 37(1973)) have introduced α-convex functions in U with some condition, and Z. Lewandowski, S. S. Miller and E. Zl /otkiewicz (Ann. Univ. Marie-Curie Skl /odowska 27(1974)) have discussed γ-starlike functions in U with some condition. The object of ...

Let A(ω) be the class of analytic functions of the form: f(z) = (z − ω) + ∞ ∑ k=2 ak(z − ω) defined on the open unit disk U = {z : |z| < 1} normalized with f(ω) = 0, f ′(ω)−1 = 0 and ω is an arbitrary fixed point in U. In this paper, we define a subclass of ω − α − uniform starlike and convex functions by using a more generalized form of Ruschewey derivative operator. Several properties such as...

A novel class of vivid motion and velocity illusions for contrast-defined shapes is presented and discussed. The illusions concern a starlike wheel that, physically, rotates with constant velocity between stationary starlike inner and outer shapes but that, perceptually, shows pulsations, jolts backwards, jolts forwards, and accelerations, each time it aligns with the inner and outer shapes. Th...

The reverse Wiener index of a connected graph G is defined as Λ(G) = 1 2 n(n− 1)d−W (G), where n is the number of vertices, d is the diameter, and W (G) is the Wiener index (the sum of distances between all unordered pairs of vertices) of G. We determine the n-vertex non-starlike trees with the first four largest reverse Wiener indices for n > 8, and the nvertex non-starlike non-caterpillar tre...

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce a new class K(α, β) of uniformly convex functions defined by a certain fractional calculus operator. The class has interesting subclasses like β-uniformly starlike, βuniformly convex and β-uniformly pre-starlike functions. Properties like coefficient estimates, growth and distortion theorems, modified Hadamard product, inclusion property, extreme points, clos...