Vector-valued entire functions satisfying a differential equation (Q1073211)

Let \(F: C^ 1\to C^ m\) be a vector-valued function whose components \(f_ k: C^ 1\to C^ 1\) are all entire functions: \(F(z)=(f_ 1(z),...,f_ m(z))\). We define when a vector-valued entire function \(F\) is said to be of bounded index (BI) and give an example to show that even if \(F\) is of BI., the components \(f_ k\) may not be of \(BI\). Theorem 1. Let \(R\) denote the class of all rational functions \(r(z)\) bounded at infinity and \(Q_ i(z)\) (1\(\leq i\leq n\)) denote an \(m\times m\) matrix with entries in \(R\). Let \(F: C^ 1\to C^ m\) be a vector-valued function whose components \(f_ 1,f_ 2,...,f_ m\) are all entire. Suppose that \(F\) satisfies the DE \[ (*)\quad L_ n(W,z,Q)=W^{(n)}(z)+Q_ 1(z)W^{(n- 1)}(z)+...+Q_ n(z)W(z)=0. \] Then each \(f_ j\) satisfies a DE of the form (*) (with possibly different \(n\) and coefficients) and hence each \(f_ j\) is of BI. In next five theorems, growth bounds on vector-valued function \(F\) of BI with index \(N\), and extensions of theorem 1, are given.