Admissible solutions of the Schwarzian type difference equation (Q1723814)

Summary: This paper is to investigate the Schwarzian type difference equation \[ \left[\left(\Delta^3 f / \Delta f\right) - \left(3 / 2\right) \left(\Delta^2 f / \Delta f\right)^2\right]^k = R \left(z, f\right) = \left(P(z, f) / Q(z, f)\right), \] where \(R(z, f)\) is a rational function in \(f\) with polynomial coefficients, \(P(z, f)\), respectively \(Q(z, f)\) are two irreducible polynomials in \(f\) of degree \(p\), respectively \(q\). Relationship between \(p\) and \(q\) is studied for some special case. Denote \(d = \max \left\{p, q\right\}\). Let \(f(z)\) be an admissible solution of \((*)\) such that \(\rho_2(f) < 1\); then for \(s\) (\(\geq\)2) distinct complex constants \(\alpha_1, \ldots, \alpha_s\), \(q + 2 k \sum_{j = 1}^s \delta(\alpha_j, f) \leq 8 k \). In particular, if \(N(r, f) = S(r, f)\), then \(d + 2 k \sum_{j = 1}^s \delta(\alpha_j, f) \leq 4 k \).