On a theorem of Hochstadt (Q1392397)

The author considers the class of entire functions \(T(z)\) such that only finitely many zeros of \(T^2-4\) are simple and shows that if there exists a complex number \(p\) such that \(|T(-k^2)-2\cos kp|\) and \(|kT'(-k^2)-p\sin kp|\) are of order \((1/k)\exp(|I_m k|p)\) as \(k\) tends to infinity, then \(T(z)\) is uniquely determined by the following data: 1. the distinct zeros \(z_0,\dots, z_{2g}\) of \(T^2- 4\) which have odd multiplicity, 2. the number \(p\), 3. the changes in the argument of \((T+ \sqrt{T^2-4})\) as \(z\) moves along the simple mutually nonintersecting contours \(\gamma_j\), \(j= 1,\dots, g\), which do not pass \(z_0\) and connects the points \(z_{2j-1}\) and \(z_{2j}\). He shows that the already known theorem of Hochstadt, which concerns Hill's equation \(y''+ qy= zy\), is a direct consequence of his result because the function \(T(z)\) is replaced there by \(y_1(z, p)+ y_2(z,p)\), where \(y_1\) and \(y_2\) refer to the solutions to the Hill equation satisfying the initial conditions \(y_1(z,0)= y_2'(z, 0)= 0\), \(y_1'(z, 0)= y_2(z, 0)= 0\).