Unicity of meromorphic solutions of the Pielou logistic equation (Q2183246)

Summary: This paper mainly considers the unicity of meromorphic solutions of the Pielou logistic equation \(y\left( z + 1\right)=\left( \left( R \left( z\right) y \left( z\right)\right) / \left( Q \left( z\right) + P \left( z\right) y \left( z\right)\right)\right)\), where \(P\left( z\right)\), \(Q\left( z\right)\), and \(R\left( z\right)\) are nonzero polynomials. It shows that the finite order transcendental meromorphic solution of the Pielou logistic equation is mainly determined by its poles and 1-value points. Examples are given for the sharpness of our result.