Non-tangential limit theorems for normal mappings (Q1089130)

In Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn., Ser. A1 280, 17 p. (1960; Zbl 0095.058), \textit{F. Bagemihl} and \textit{W. Seidel} posed the following question: Given a sequence \(\{z_ n\}\) in the open unit disc \(\Delta\) converging to some \(\zeta\in \partial \Delta\) and a meromorphic function f defined on \(\Delta\) such that \(\lim _{n\to \infty} f(z_ n)=c\) for some c in the Riemann sphere, under what conditions on f and \(\{z_ n\}\) can f have the limit c along some continuum in \(\Delta\) which is asymptotic at \(\zeta\) ? They answered the question with two interesting sufficient conditions on f and \(\{z_ n\}.\) Let X be a relatively compact complex subspace of a hermitian manifold N with hermitian distance \(d_ N\). Let \(\Omega\) be a bounded domain with \(C^ 1\)-boundary in \({\mathbb{C}}^ m\). A holomorphic mapping \(f: \Omega\to N\), \(f(\Omega)\subset X\), is called a normal mapping if the family \(\{f\circ \phi: \phi: \Delta \to \Omega\) is holomorphic\} is a normal family. Let \(\{p_ n\}\) be a sequence of points in \(\Omega\) which tends to a boundary point \(\zeta\in \partial \Omega\) such that \(\lim _{n\to \infty} d_ N(f(p_ n),\ell)=0\) for some \(\ell \in \bar X.\) In the present paper, two sets of sufficient conditions are given for a normal mapping \(f: \Omega\to X\) and \(\{p_ n\}\) to have the non- tangential limit value \(\ell\), thus extending the results obtained by Bagemihl and Seidel.