Linear combinations of logarithmic derivatives of entire functions with applications to differential equations (Q2365017)

Let \(F_1, F_2, \dots, F_L\) be entire functions of finite order and let \(c_1, c_2, \dots, c_L\) be complex numbers whose convex hull does not contain 0. A lower bound in terms of the counting functions of the zeros of the \(F_j\)'s is obtained for \[ \left|\sum^L_{j=1} c_j re^{i \theta} F_j' (re^{i \theta})/F_j (re^{i \theta}) \right| \] valid for \(r\) in a set of positive logarithmic density and \(\theta\) in a set \(U_r \subset [0,2\pi]\) of fixed positive measure. This bound is used to extend a result of Bank and Langley concerning the exponent of convergence of the zero sequences of solutions of certain linear differential equations with entire coefficients.