DIRECTIONAL CONVEXITY OF COMBINATIONS OF HARMONIC HALF-PLANE AND STRIP MAPPINGS

For k = 1, 2, let $f_k=h_k+{\bar{g_k}}$ be normalized harmonic right half-plane or vertical strip mappings. We consider the convex combination ${\hat{f}}={\eta}f_1+(1-{\eta})f_2={\eta}h_1+(1-{\eta})h_2+{\overline{\bar{\eta}g_1+(1-\bar{\eta})g_2}}$ and the combination ${\tilde{f}}={\eta}h_1+(1-{\eta})h_2+{\overline{{\eta}g_1+(1-{\eta})g_2}}$. For real 𝜂, the two mappings ${\hat{f}}$ and ${\tilde{f}}$ are the same. We investigate the univalence and directional convexity of ${\hat{f}}$ and ${\tilde{f}}$ for 𝜂 ∈ ℂ. Some sufficient conditions are found for convexity of the combination ${\tilde{f}}$.