Behavior of the maximum of the absolute value of an entire Dirichlet series outside an exceptional set (Q1907409)

Let \(S(\Lambda)\) be the class of entire Dirichlet series \(F(s)= \sum^\infty_0 a_n \exp(s\lambda_n)\), \(s= \sigma+ it\), \(\Lambda= \{\lambda_n\}\) being a sequence of non-negative numbers increasing to \(+\infty\). Let \(n(t)= \sum_{\lambda_n\leq t} 1\) be its counting function. Let \(L\) denote the class of non-negative continuous functions on \([0, \infty)\) increasing to \(\infty\). One says that \(\psi\in L^*_{MB}\) if \(\psi\in L\) and \[ \psi(t\psi(t))\sim \psi(t)\sim \psi(t \ln t)\quad\text{as} \quad t\to \infty. \] Let \(S_\psi(\Lambda)= \{F(s): |a_n|\leq \exp\{- \lambda_n \psi(\lambda_n)\}\}\), \(n\geq n_0\). For \(F\in S(\Lambda)\), define \(M(\sigma, F)= \sup\{|F(\sigma+ it)\}\) for \(t\in \mathbb{R}\), and \(\mu(\sigma, F)= \max\{|a_n|\exp(\sigma \lambda_n)\}\), \(n\geq 0\). It is known there is no condition on \(\Lambda\) so that \(\ln M(\sigma, F)\sim \ln \mu(\sigma, F)\) for \(F\in S(\Lambda)\). But \(\sum^\infty_1 {1\over n\lambda_n}< \infty\) is necessary and sufficient that \(F\in S(\Lambda)\) satisfies \(\ln M(\sigma, F)\sim \ln \mu(\sigma, F)\) as \(\sigma\to \infty\) outside some set of finite measure. In 1982 Khomyak proved that if \(\log n(t)= o(t\psi(t))\), \(t\to \infty\), and the growth of \(\psi\in L\) is sufficiently slow to satisfy certain conditions, then for \(F\in S_\psi(\Lambda)\), \(\psi(\ln M(\sigma, F))\sim \psi(\ln \mu(\sigma, F))\) as \(\sigma\to \infty\) outside a set of zero density. In this paper, it is shown that if \(\psi\in L^*_{MB}\), then \(\ln n(t)= o(t\psi(t))\), \(t\to \infty\) is necessary and sufficient that \(\psi(\ln M(\sigma, F))\sim \psi(\ln \mu(\sigma, F))\) for any \(F\in S_\psi(\Lambda)\) as \(\sigma\to \infty\) outside a set of zero density. It is easily deduced that for \(\psi(\ln M(\sigma, F))\sim \psi(\ln \mu(\sigma, F))\) to hold for any \(\psi\in L^*_{MB}\) and \(F\in S_\psi(\Lambda)\) as \(\sigma\to \infty\) outside a set of zero density, it is necessary and sufficient that \(\ln(n(t))= O(t)\), \(t\to \infty\). Some natural unanswered questions are also raised.