On Nevalinna's four-value theorem (Q1775354)

There is a number of results on Nevanlinna's four-value theorem after this well-known result was proved in 1929. By using Ueda's methods and some careful computations, the author gives the following theorem. Let \(f\) and \(g\) be two distinct non-constant meromorphic functions. Suppose that \(f\) and \(g\) share \(\infty\) CM, 0 and 1 IM, and \(E_k(a_j,f) = E_k(a_j,g)\) for \(j=3,4\), where \(a_3 = 1\), \(a_4= a\) \((\not= 0,\infty,1)\) and \(k\geq 26\) is a positive integer. Then \(f\) and \(g\) share all four values \(0,\infty, 1\) and \(a\) CM. This improves a result due to G. Gundersen.