Normality properties of the family \(\{f(nz):n\in\mathbb{N}\}\) (Q1851470)

\textit{Chi-Tai Chuang} [Normal families of meromorphic functions (1993; Zbl 0878.30026)] extended Montel's classic notion of quasi-normal family as follows: A family \(F\) of meromorphic functions on a plane domain \(D\) is \(Q_m\)-normal \((m=0,1,2,\dots)\) if each sequence \(S\) of functions in \(F\) has a subsequence which converges locally \(\chi\)-uniformly on the domain \(D\setminus E\) where \(E=E(S)\subset D\) and the \(m\)th derived set of \(E\) in \(D\) is empty. If \(f\) is a nonconstant meromorphic function on \(\mathbb{C}\), the author studies the degree of non-normality of the family \(F=\{f_n|f_n(z)=f(nz)\), \(n=1,2,3 \dots\}\) on the unit disk. Two interesting results are obtained. In particular, if \(f\) is a rational function, \(F\) is \(Q_1\)-normal. If \(f\) is not a rational function and there exist \(a\) and \(b\) in \(\mathbb{C} \cup\{\infty\}\) such that the equations \(f(z)=a\) and \(f(z)=b\) have only a finite number of solutions in \(\mathbb{C}\), then \(R\) is not \(Q_m\)-normal for any value of \(m\).