On meromorphic derivatives (Q1316521)

Suppose that \(f(z)\) is a transcendental meromorphic function, and that \(B\) is the set of small entire functions of \(f(z)\). Then (i) for \(k \in \mathbb{N}\), \[ 2k \sum_{a \in \mathbb{C}} \delta \bigl( a,f^{(k)} \bigr)+\sum_{b \in B} \delta \bigl( b,f^{(k)} \bigr)+\delta \bigl( \infty,f^{(k)} \bigr)+2k \Delta_ k \leq 2k+2, \] where \(\Delta_ k=\lim_{r \to \infty} \inf {N(r,1/f^{(k+1)}) \over T(r,f^{(k)})}\); \[ \sum_{b \in B} \delta \bigl( b,f^{(k)} \bigr) \leq 1 \tag{ii} \] holds for every integer \(k\) with at most finitely many exceptional ones; (iii) for any \(b \in B-\{0\}\), \(k \in \mathbb{N}\), and \(\varepsilon,\delta>0\), there exists a set \(E(\delta)\) whose upper logarithmic density does exceed \(\delta\), such that \[ \begin{multlined} T(r,f)<(1+1/k)N \left( r,{1 \over f} \right)+(1+1/k) N \left( r,{1 \over f^{(k)}-b} \right) \\ -N \left( r,{1 \over (f^{(k)}/b)'} \right)+N(r,f)+S(r,f),\;r \overline \in E(\delta). \end{multlined} \] {}.