Entrire functions and their derivatives share two finite sets (Q1608633): Difference between revisions

This paper is devoted to studying uniqueness of entire functions in terms of sharing finite sets. More precisely, let \(f, g\) be two non-constant entire functions, let \(n\geq5\), and \(k\geq1\) be integer and define \(S_1:=\{z| z^n=1\}\), \(S_2=\{a,b,c\}\), where \(a,b,c\in \mathbb{C}\backslash\{0\}\) are distinct and \(a^2\neq bc\), \(b^2\neq ac\), \(c^2\neq ab\). Using the notation \(E(S,f):=\bigcup_{a\in S}\{z| f(z)=a\}\), the main result reads as follows: If \(E(S_1,f)=E(S_1,g)\) and \(E(S_2,f^{(k)})=E(S_2,g^{(k)})\), then \(f\equiv g\). The proof of the main theorem and of the related consequences consists of a careful analysis of several subcases which appear by making use of the value distribution of \(f^{(k)}\), resp. \(g^{(k)}\). This analysis makes strong use of a result due to \textit{H. X. Yi} [Sci. China 24, 457--466 (1994)].