On logarithmic coefficients of some close-to-convex functions

The logarithmic coefficients $\gamma_n$ of an analytic and univalent function $f$ in the unit disk $\mathbb{D}=\{z\in\mathbb{C}:|z|<1\}$ with the normalization $f(0)=0=f'(0)-1$ is defined by $\log \frac{f(z)}{z}= 2\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \gamma_n z^n$. Recently, D.K. Thomas [On the logarithmic coefficients of close to convex functions, {\it Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.} {\bf 144} (2016), 1681--1687] proved that $|\gamma_3|\le \frac{7}{12}$ for functions in a subclass of close-to-convex functions (with argument $0$) and claimed that the estimate is sharp by providing a form of a extremal function. In the present paper, we pointed out that such extremal functions do not exist and the estimate is not sharp by providing a much more improved bound for the whole class of close-to-convex functions (with argument $0$). We also determine a sharp upper bound of $|\gamma_3|$ for close-to-convex functions (with argument $0$) with respect to the Koebe function.Comment: 13 page

Proof of The Generalized Zalcman Conjecture for Initial Coefficients of Univalent Functions

Let $\mathcal{S}$ denote the class of analytic and univalent ({\it i.e.}, one-to-one) functions $f(z)= z+\sum_{n=2}^{\infty}a_n z^n$ in the unit disk $\mathbb{D}=\{z\in \mathbb{C}:|z|<1\}$. For $f\in \mathcal{S}$, Ma proposed the generalized Zalcman conjecture that |a_{n}a_{m}-a_{n+m-1}|\le (n-1)(m-1),\,\,\,\mbox{ for } n\ge2,\, m\ge 2, with equality only for the Koebe function $k(z) = z/(1 - z)^2$ and its rotations. In this paper using the properties of holomorphic motion and Krushkal's Surgery Lemma \cite{Krushkal-1995}, we prove the generalized Zalcman conjecture when $n=2$, $m=3$ and $n=2$, $m=4$.Comment: 14 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2209.1059