Normal families of meromorphic functions concerning shared values (Q2473904)

Let \({\mathcal F}\) be a family of meromorphic functions in a domain \(D\). It is known that if every function in \({\mathcal F}\) omits three distinct values, then \({\mathcal F}\) is normal. \textit{W. Schwick} [Arch. Math. 59, No.~1, 50--54 (1992; Zbl 0758.30028)] obtained a normality criteria from the point of view of value distribution theory, in particular, shared values. The author considers the sharing conditions with differential polynomials. Let \(n\) be a positive integer, and \(a\) be a nonzero constant. If \(n\geq 4\) and for each pair of \(f\) and \(g\) in \({\mathcal F}\), \(f'- af^n\) and \(g'- ag^n\) share a value \(b\), then \({\mathcal F}\) is normal. The author also considers a family of entire functions. Examples are given which imply that results in this paper are sharp. The methods for the proofs are the value distribution theory and Zalcman's lemma.