On Petrenko's deviations and second order differential equations (Q2040172)

The authors ``consider the oscillation of solutions of \[ f''+A(z)f=0\tag{1.1} \] and the growth of solutions of \[ f''+A(z)f'+B(z)f=0\tag{1.2} \] were \(A\) and \(B\) are entire functions.'' For the first equation, an improved (see [\textit{I. Laine} and \textit{P. Wu}, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures Appl. 44, No. 4, 609--615 (1999; Zbl 1004.34079)]) estimate of the value of \(\Lambda (E)\) is obtained, where \(E\) is a product of two linearly independent solutions of the equation (1.1) and \(\Lambda (E)\) denotes the exponent of convergence of zeros of \(E\). For the equation (1.2), conditions are considered under which all its nontrivial solutions have infinite order. A new result is obtained in this direction and, as a consequence, the following statement Corollary. Let \(A\) and \(B\) be entire functions. Suppose there exists a sector where \(\log^+|A(z)|=O(\log(|z|))\), and suppose that \(B\) is transcedental with Fabry gaps. Then every non-trivial solution of (1.2) is of infinite order.