Fix-points of certain differential polynomials (Q1301550)

Let \(f(z)\) be a transcendental meromorphic function in the finite complex plane \(\mathbb{C}\). The authors studied the differential polynomials of the form \[ \psi(z)= M_1(f)+ \sum^{l-1}_{j=1} a_jM_j(f), \] where \(M_j(f)= \prod^k_{i= 2}(f^{(i)})^{n_{ij}}\), \(1\leq j\leq 1\), all \(n_{ij}\) are nonnegative integers. In this paper, the result of Fred Gross on fix-points be improved and generalized in [Math. Student 36 (1968), 230-231 (1969; Zbl 0194.10901)]. The authors suppress the hypothesis on the number of the poles of \(f(z)\) and obtain an interesting result: Suppose that \(f(0)\neq 0\), \(\neq\infty\), \(\psi\) is not identically constant. Let \[ \sum^k_{i=2} (i+ 1)n_{i1}= \sum^k_{i= 2}(i+ 1)n_{ij},\quad 1\leq j\leq l-1 \] and \[ 3\min_{1\leq j\leq l} \Biggl(\sum^k_{i=2} n_{ij}\Biggr)> 2\max_{1\leq j\leq l} \Biggl(\sum^k_{i= 2} n_{ij}\Biggr). \] Then either \(f\) has infinitely many fix-points or \(\psi(z)\) has infinitely many fix-points. In the proof, the authors use the techniques of Hayman and Yang Lo.