Counterexamples on non-\(\alpha \)-normal functions with good integrability (Q554278)

Let \(\mathcal{M}\)(\(\mathbb D\)) denote the class of meromorphic functions in the unit disk \(\mathbb D\). A function \(f\in \mathcal{M}(\mathbb D\)) is called normal if \(\sup_{z\in \mathbb D} f^{\#}(z)(1-|z|^2) <\infty\), where \(f^{\#}\) denotes the spherical derivative of \(f\) at \(z\) (i.e., \(f^{\#}(z):= |f^{\prime}(z)|/(1+|f(z)|^2))\). In this interesting paper, the following problem is investigated. Find a function \(f\in \mathcal{M}(\mathbb D\)) that satisfies \[ \int_{\mathbb D}|f^{\prime}(z)|^p\, dA(z) <\infty,\quad 1<p<2 \] (or another integrability condition) but that the behavior of \(f^{\#}\) is ``worse'' than the behavior of the spherical derivative of a non-normal function. To make these ideas precise, the authors work with \(\alpha\)-normal functions. For \(0 <\alpha <\infty\), a function \(f\in \mathcal{M}\)(\(\mathbb D\)) is called \(\alpha\)-normal if \[ \sup_{z\in \mathbb D} f^{\#}(z)(1-|z|^{2})^{\alpha} <\infty. \]