Meromorphic solutions of generalized Schröder equations (Q1349030)

The authors consider meromorphic solutions of functional equations of the form \[ f(cz) = R(z,f(z)) = \frac{\sum\limits_{j=0}^p a_j(z)f(z)^j} {\sum\limits_{k=0}^q b_k(z)f(z)^k} \tag{1} \] where the coefficients \(a_j\), \(b_k\) are meromorphic functions and \(c\) is a complex constant. If \(|c|>1\), then any local meromorphic solution around the origin has a meromorphic continuation over \(\mathbb C\). The authors prove a number of results on the growth and value distribution of solutions \(f\) of (1). For a meromorphic function \(f\) in the complex plane, let \(T(r,f)\) denote its Nevanlinna characteristic, and \(\rho(f)\) its order of growth. Furthermore, let \(d:=\max{\{p,q\}} \geq 1\), and \(\Psi(r) := \max\limits_{j,k}{\{T(r,a_j),T(r,b_k)\}}\). Then, for example, one of the results reads as follows. Theorem. Let \(f\) be a transcendental meromorphic solution of (1) with \(|c|>1\), and assume that \(\Psi(r)=S(r,f)\). Then \[ \rho(f) = \frac{\log{d}}{\log{|c|}} . \] Furthermore, the authors consider the special case \[ f(cz) = A(z) + \gamma f(z) + \delta f(z)^2 , \tag{2} \] where \(c\), \(\gamma\), \(\delta \in \mathbb C\), \(|c|>1\), \(\delta \neq 0\), and \(A\) is an entire function. They show that every meromorphic solution of (2) is entire, and they give a detailed analysis on the number of distinct meromorphic solutions.