Growth and poles of meromorphic solutions of some difference equations (Q2431232)

By means of the Nevanlinna theory, the author treats functional equations of the form \[ \sum^n_{j=1} d_j(z) y\circ p_j= {a_0(z)+ a_1(z)y\circ p_{n+1}+\cdots+ a_t(z)(y\circ p_{n+1})^t\over b_0(z)+ b_1(z) y\circ p_{n+1}+\cdots+ b_s(z)(y\circ p_{n+1})^s},\tag{1} \] where \(p_j\), \(j= 1,2,\dots, n+ 1\), are polynomials of degree \(k_j> 0\) with \(p_j\neq 0\). The author studies growth properties and the pole distribution of meromorphic solutions of (1). In case \(p_j(z)= q^j z\), \(j= 1,2,\dots,N+ 1\), the functional equation is known as a \(q\)-difference equation. Recent developments in the study of nonlinear \(q\)-difference equations in the complex plane can be found in, e.g., [\textit{J. Zhang} and \textit{R. Korhonen}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 369, No. 2, 537--544 (2010; Zbl 1198.30033)] and [\textit{X.-M. Zheng} and \textit{Z.-X. Chen}, ibid. 361, No. 2, 472--480 (2010; Zbl 1185.39006)]. The author obtaines generalizations of the results in the cited papers.