A note on the growth of solutions of second-order complex linear differential equations (Q1988537)

Let \(g\) be an entire function. Then the order of growth of \(g\) is defined by \[ \rho (g)=\limsup_{r\rightarrow +\infty} \frac{\log ^{+}T(r,g)}{\log r}=\limsup_{r\rightarrow +\infty}\frac{\log \log^{+}M(r,g)}{\log r}, \] where \(T(r,g)\) is the Nevanlinna characteristic function and \(M(r,g)=\max_{|z|=r}|g(z)|\). Let \(\alpha \), \(\beta \) be two constants with \(0\leq \alpha<\beta \leq 2\pi\). Set \begin{gather*} \Omega (\alpha,\beta)=\left\{ z\in\mathbb{C}:\alpha <\arg z<\beta \right\} , \\ \overline{\Omega}(\alpha,\beta)=\left\{ z\in\mathbb{C}:\alpha \leq \arg z\leq \beta \right\} , \\ \Omega \left( \alpha ,\beta ,r\right) =\left\{ z\in\mathbb{C}:\alpha <\arg z<\beta \right\} \cap \left\{ z\in\mathbb{C}:\left\vert z\right\vert <r\right\}. \end{gather*} Let \(g\) be an analytic function in \(\overline{\Omega}\left( \alpha ,\beta\right) \). Then the growth order \(\rho_{\alpha ,\beta}(g)\) of \(g\) in \(\Omega (\alpha,\beta)\) is defined as \[ \rho_{\alpha ,\beta}(g)=\limsup_{r\rightarrow +\infty} \frac{\log ^{+}\log ^{+}M(r,\Omega (\alpha,\beta),g)}{\log r}, \] where \(M(r,\Omega (\alpha,\beta),g)=\sup_{\alpha \leq \arg z\leq \beta}\left\vert g\left( re^{i\theta}\right) \right\vert\). Moreover the radial order \(\rho_{\theta}(g)\) of \(g\) is denoted by \[ \rho_{\theta}(g)=\lim_{\varepsilon \rightarrow 0^{+}}\limsup_{r\rightarrow +\infty} \frac{\log ^{+}\log^{+}M(r,\Omega \left( \alpha -\varepsilon ,\beta +\varepsilon \right) ,g)}{\log r}. \] In this paper under review, the authors study the growth of solutions of the second-order linear differential equation \[ f^{\prime\prime}+A(z)f^{\prime}+B(z)f=0, \tag{1} \] where \(A(z)\) and \(B(z)\) are entire functions. Firstly, the authors assumes that the coefficient \(A(z)\) of \((1)\) is a solution of another equation. Secondly, they consider the lower bound estimate of the linear measure of the angular domain \(I(f)=\left\{ \theta \in \left[ 0,2\pi \right] :\rho_{\theta}(f)=\infty \right\} \) of every non-trivial solution \(f\) of \((1)\). The results obtained improve and extend those of \textit{J. R. Long} [``On the radial distribution of Julia set of solutions of \(f^{\prime\prime}+A(z)f^{\prime}+B(z)f=0\)'', J. Comput. Anal. Appl. 24, No. 4, 675--691 (2018); \textit{Z.-G. Huang} and \textit{J. Wang}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 431, No. 2, 988--999 (2015; Zbl 1320.30057)] and [\textit{Z. Zhou} et al., J. Guizhou Norm. Univ., Nat. Sci. 31, No. 2, 50--53, 111 (2013; Zbl 1289.30202)]. Some examples are given to illustrate the results obtained.