A class of gap series with small growth in the unit disc (Q1848006)

In the paper the authors study the properties of analytic functions of slow growth defined by gap power series in the unit disc. Let \(\alpha (>2)\) be an integer and \(\beta\) be a positive number. Suppose that \(g\) is an analytic function in the unit disc defined by the gap series \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}k^{\alpha (1+\beta)}z^{k^{\alpha}}\). Among other results it is proved in the paper that the ratio of the minimum modulus to the maximum modulus of \(g\) is zero and the limit superior of the ratio of the logarithmic minimum modulus to the logarithmic maximum modulus of \(g\) is one. Further, as a consequence the authors prove that the Nevanlinna deficiency of \(g\) at any finite complex number is zero.